Entries Tagged 'Employee Motivation' ↓

Companies and organizations love to recognize their greybeards. Why, in just this past week, we’ve seen two “Lifetime Achievement” award ceremonies. Certainly, it’s fine to recognize years of service, long term accomplishments and contributors with deep pockets. But, as you might have guessed, we have a better idea.

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What are you doing to promote creativity and innovation in your company, association or community? Boulder is doing a lot.

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It comes down to this. You’re wasting your company’s time. Your employees are wasting your time. Your senior staff is wasting your time. Indeed, new studies show that employees are squandering vast amounts of time because they lack the training to find and retrieve information effectively. Continue reading →

Chief Executive Officers don’t know diddly about Internet search and “Information Intelligence.” Senior executives also lack these skills, as do their administrative assistants. Continue reading →

“Timothy Bishop doesn’t go out and rebuild downtowns. He is an arson who lights fires in the hearts and minds of downtown citizens.” - Pug Ostling Continue reading →

This week a Wall Street Journal writer suggested a radical idea to America’s corporations. Jared Sandberg recommended that companies make a New Year’s Resolution to “Lose the goofy team-building exercises.” Think rope courses, paintball parties, firewalking and goldfish-swallowing. Continue reading →

Were you good at high school chemistry? Whether you were or not, you probably remember the Periodic Table of the Elements. You may also remember that sometimes if you combined two or more of those elements, you might explode yourself right into the principal’s office.

The same thing is true of Internet search. Its explosive power comes from combining two or more timesaving tips. It won’t send you to the principal’s office, but it might just explode your business to the next level. Continue reading →