The recent recession has been a significant game changer for business in a lot of ways. There were the obvious changes, specific to the recession, such as a significant power shift to the employers. We all watched (and some of us, unfortunately, participated) as hordes of qualified candidates piled out of the workforce and into [...]
I get it, some of you may never like soccer. Some of you just can’t stomach the annoying buzz of the vuvuzela for 90 minutes just to watch a game end in a 0-0 tie. Like it or not, the World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. So big in fact, that [...]
Over two hundred years ago, a bunch of really smart guys in bad wigs drafted and eventually adopted a Bill of Rights to limit the power of federal government and ensure the protection of what they saw as fundamental liberties of the people. The freedom of speech became the First Amendment, adopted on December 15, [...]
A few Friday’s ago I spoke candidly about what I thought about Casual Fridays, and the message was pretty clear: The dress for your company should be driven by your culture, and your culture should be aligned with your business. When companies recruit and hire good, smart candidates that are a fit for their culture [...]
As I was debating over what to write about, my buddy Anthony suggested I blog about the whole NBC situation. Their Jay Leno experiment had ratings dropping faster than 09′ stock prices. So NBC is reshuffling again, with all of their hopes tied to a guy with a huge chin and one funny skit - [...]