Archive for May, 2010
Contemporary Living 101
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 I have a confession to make – I read the Sunday Comics. I consider it a learning experience.
For example, in last Sunday’s comics, the strip, “Pearls Before Swine” had the mouse character sitting at his computer:
Panel 1 – I am here to work on my resume. I will finish my resume.
Panel 2 – Ping! (computer)
Panel [...]
They’re Playing My Song, Ma
Friday, May 21st, 2010Regarding “inspiration as worker incentive,” Consultant Dov Seidman states that companies are still “asking employees to play by the rules, to follow company policies and using just carrots and sticks to compel or incent them to do so (perform) is a system that is fraying and showing its limitations – especially in a recession when [...]
You Don’t Fire Your Kids
Friday, May 14th, 2010Layoffs do not only hurt those employees hitting the street, they also hurt the companies as indicated in the latest research. The data tells us that the companies which cut the deepest deliver smaller profits and weaker stock returns as long as nine years after a recession.
The report actually gave a reason – these companies can’t [...]
Doom, Gloom And When Is The Next Boom?
Friday, May 7th, 2010I keep asking my financial advisor why he is optimistic and I never can get a straight answer (or maybe I just can’t understand his answer). Frankly, I see no light at the end of this tunnel and I keep challenging him to give me one ray of hope. I’m sure that living in California [...]