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According to IBM?s CEO, Sam Palmisano, ?In a hyperconnected world, IBM’s clients needed to become “on-demand” companies, their every business process exquisitely calibrated to respond instantly to whatever got thrown at them. And to help them, IBM would have to do exactly the same thing. In a survey done to find out the competencies required […]
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It?s all about being able to differentiate. Check out this r?sum? of Alexandre Gu?niot. Via Tom Peters website.
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Mattson and company, a US based food and beverage development company enabled one of its long term employees, Kristie to attend the Athens Olympics where her daughter was representing the Greek Softball team by combining it with a work related tour. Kristie, on her own would not have been able to afford the trip. What […]
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Here is a post I have been wanting to blog for a while now. Working in organizations should also be about having fun which in the mad rush to meet the ever pressing deadlines gets forgotten. Here is how Cheskin, a consulting and research firm tries to combine meetings and have fun. They try a […]
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Consider the following situations: Steve Gomo, a mid level manager was asked to present the capital budget to the Hewlett-Packard Board of Directors because the executive who normally did it was not available at that time. Both Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were known to be tough taskmasters. During the meeting, while Gomo did a […]
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Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI) conducted a survey of more than 321 HR professionals for the 2004 HR Forum and readers of Human Resource Executive Magazine to identify basic trends that are having an impact on HR today and to see how HR is responding to them. Some interesting extracts from the study: Respondent profile: […]
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“If you want to baffle HR show them numbers, and if you want to baffle Finance show them people.” From John Weak’s column in October 2003 issue of Management Today.
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Keppel Corporation is among the first companies in Singapore to create a policy to protect whistle blowers (Search for ?Making every Keppelite accountable’) While such policies are supposed to represent enlightened management, I can?t help but feel that organizations should be focusing on creating a culture that thrives on trust, integrity and openness. The need […]
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Via Smart Mobs A couple of hospitals in the US now allow their nurses to bid for shift work in an attempt to address nursing shortages. The hospitals use a software product called e-shift that allows nurses to bid for shifts. The hospital posts the shift openings and the maximum it is willing to pay […]
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“You must be the change you wish to see in your life.” Mahatma Gandhi “If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less.” General Shinseki “Distinct or Extinct. Life in the ‘brand you’ world is not Optional.” Tom Peters Welcome to the turbulent times! At one end of the spectrum white collar jobs are […]