Does Being Ethical Just Mean Following the Rules?
To me, being truly ethical means striving to be more than just a rule follower. It means avoiding actions that create suffering for others you wouldn’t want to experience yourself.
The Age of Accountability in the Workplace
What is it about many corporate cultures that makes employees afraid to take ownership, and then, heaven forbid, admit a mistake?
Technology to Match Employees and Managers?
Many people these days find their life mates using online dating sites, some of which have assessments people take to determine the personality traits that go best with potential matches. Could that same technology be applied to a company’s intranet to match managers with employees?
Build-a-CEO
Wouldn’t be great to bring new ideas, and unorthodox approaches, to a CEO, and see her eyes widen with excitement instead of fear? My custom-made CEO would say: “That’s interesting! What can we do to make that happen?”
Training Challenge: How Do You Teach Balancing Numbers and Instinct in Decision-Making?
Business simulations, in which participants are required to make challenging decisions after weighing the numbers with “softer” factors such as gut instinct, are one way to practice using both kinds of decision-making tools.
Good Results, But Abusive Work Environment
How can organizations create a competitive, entrepreneurial environment that produces results without encouraging abuse such as that reported on recently at companies such as Uber?
What Does Corporate “Wellness” Mean to You?
Does your company think about healthy options for food and beverages at meetings, or how to help employees stick to their diet and fitness regimen while traveling for business?
A Workplace for the Ages
Searching for creative ways companies can benefit from the expertise and skills of employees of all ages.
On Board with Onboarding?
An on-demand information and learning directory, in place of a huge overview a new employee is likely to forget, is an essential modern tool. But it shouldn’t replace the in-person introductions.
From White Collar Sweatshop to Progressive Employer?
Millennials, and many of us Generation Xers, prefer to buy from companies we feel good about paying, so I wonder if I was one of many who tried to shop elsewhere after the harsh treatment of Amazon’s workforce was revealed.