Posted on February 28, 2010 by kjenwws
It’s been a real blast to share the blogosphere with all of you for the last two years. But as of February 26, I’ll be headed to my next adventure. Hopefully other bloggers will continue to stimulate your thinking on this site or we’ll find each other again in cyberspace.
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Posted on February 22, 2010 by kjenwws
Research at Case Western Reserve University may point to the fact that half of managers in organizations are actually decreasing value in their organizations. Too many managers feel that their title and place on the org chart are the real source of their power, control and leadership. In fact, our titles grant us nothing as managers. [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2010 by kjenwws
Don’t kid yourself; organizations don’t dangle bonus payments or incentives in front of employees without the hope of performance above and beyond the expected. As tolerance for errors decreases and performance standards rise, the outcomes defined as exceptional performance approach the impossible. So why have some professions consistently had significant variable pay components and others [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2010 by kjenwws
I’ve worked for “certified” employers of choice and I’ve implemented strategies to make other organizations THE one to work for – acknowledged by those who really count, employees. My standards may be too high, though, when determining what defines an EOC (employer of choice). I can’t say that those with the distinction lived up to the moniker in [...]
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