Archive for March, 2010
How To De-Incentivize
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010We can certainly learn from the government on how to de-incentivize people. For example, Roberta Hanson searched for work for 22 months. She finally landed a part time position which paid her minimum wage. Unfortunately for her, the State reduced her unemployment stipend from $483 per week to zero. Thanks to the system, Roberta took [...]
One More Time: What Motivates Employees?
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Yet another survey has asked the question: What motivates employees? 600 managers surveyed previously thought it had to do with recognition and incentives, but a new multi-year study has shown that it is…
Making headway in their work.
People get annoyed when they are spinning their wheels. They want to make progress on their job. They want [...]
A Great Place To Work – Is
Friday, March 19th, 2010The Great Place To Work Institute is really… “a great place to work.” I know that because I visited there yesterday and they practice what they preach. Well, they don’t preach; they use a Trust Model to evaluate companies who vie for the coveted prize of being on the Fortune Magazine list of great places to [...]
Maybe We Don’t Belong At The Table
Monday, March 15th, 2010Did you see Michael Lewis on 60 Minutes last night? Mr. Lewis has written a book on the financial collapse on Wall Street and I think he nailed the core issues. He stated that, “The incentives for people on Wall Street got so screwed up, that the people who worked there became blinded to their [...]
Sex Still Matters
Friday, March 5th, 2010Sex still matters; I guess. 78% of the jobs lost in this recession were held by the male sex while, at the same time, women’s wages rose 1.2% .
Roxanne Rivera wrote an article describing why women have fared better during these difficult times. She gave a variety of reasons for her opinion:
Women multitask and work harder than [...]