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Dan Bullock: He’s clear speaking, levelheaded, creative, compassionate, and reliable. He is also known for being an early adopter of a “paperless” workspace, preferring electronic records to file cabinets. But more than that, he’s a contributor to his company’s bottom line and growth potential. Dan, the CFO at Cleary Building Corp., is a friend of mine, and I hope that he applies to be in the running for In Business magazine’s CFO awards, because I believe he would be a strong contender. If he doesn’t win, he will have nonetheless set the bar high for other competitors.
For the last several years, I’ve made my living talking to people. I’ve been fortunate enough to meet people in almost every industry, from almost every background, and in every state except for Delaware and Hawaii. (I don’t know what I’ve done to annoy the people who live there, but I’m sorry for whatever I did, so please invite me sometime. I will bring cake.) It’s a fun job if you don’t mind airports, and if you get the sense that the things you’re saying are the kinds of things that your audience is excited to hear.
Late last year, our Dale Carnegie corporate office commissioned a study on employee engagement in the workplace. Conducted by MSW research, the study focused on 1,500 employees aged 18 to 61 across all business sectors. Employee engagement is defined as the emotional and intellectual commitment of employees to deliver high performance. What the research found is that there are three primary drivers of employee engagement.
Last weekend I went out for my first bike ride of the year. The first ride is always hard, and I was battling a strong wind that day too. The bad news was I realized my computer battery was dead. But that ended up being the good news, as I didn’t know how slow I was on that first windy ride.
Can an offer letter be an employment contract? How about an employee handbook? Yes, they can be, but it is much better to not have that be the case. As shown by a recent Milwaukee case, without drafting the terms of a formal employment contract, there can be needless confusion and expensive litigation.
Normally, I would have written “wrong” for “evil.” But it is the habit of our acquaintances on the Left to personalize the political. An old Alinsky strategem. Thus, is Scott Walker portrayed with little Hitler mustaches. It is why the self-righteous mobs subject the governor’s family to taunts on his front lawn in a residential neighborhood at midnight. I thought it might be instructive for the other side to try that on for size, for once. See how it fits.
Peter Drucker said, “No one ever has more than 25% of their time under control.” It’s easy to lose control and get overwhelmed during busy times, and one can get frantic when deadlines approach and there don’t seem to be enough hours in the day. I’ve seen some folks who are usually calm, cool, and collected get cranky, crabby, and semi-ballistic when faced with the stress of having no control of their time. One has to find the best way to deal with the time-constraint challenge.
The armamentarium of social media platforms and tools used by consumers and businesses continues to evolve and grow. This growth has made choosing the networks in which to “play” and sometimes “pay” a challenging task. Among the newer ones gaining steam is Google+. While still in its relative infancy, more than 100 brands have more than 1 million followers on Google+. Among these are iconic brands like Ford (2.6 million+), General Motors (1.4 million+), Time magazine (~3.4 million), U.K.-based newspaper The Guardian (1.8 million+), and less iconic brands like humorous illustrator Rodney Pike (~1.6 million).
I don’t want to overly downplay the severity of the three scandals bedeviling the Obama administration right now, but Republican whispers about impeachment bespeak a cluelessness not seen since the last time the GOP tried to oust a sitting president. Seriously, did they learn nothing from the Clinton years?
One of my jobs is to analyze performance and solicitations that clients occasionally get from outside money managers, mutual funds, and other “advisors.” I sometimes hear the saying “you can do better” or “you can do better than what you’re currently doing.” It drives me nuts.
Imagine this nightmare scenario: You show up at a meeting where you’re the speaker and you suddenly realize only half the group received the memo about who you are and the purpose of the meeting. The only notice most received was “this is a mandatory meeting,” and it is 6:30 p.m. on a Monday Night Football night, no less. Needless to say, at least 10 of the 20 people are upset. How would you change this anger and frustration (fear) in order to free minds and have a productive meeting?
My wife, Michelle, and I built our house about 12 years ago now. One of the things that appealed to me at the time about building new was not having the unexpected cost of home repairs that older houses can stick you with. (The other thing that appealed to me was that Michelle told me, “We are building new.”) Well, all you homeowners out there know that there is no such thing as a “new” house for long.
Anyone who is familiar with the phrase “lies, damned lies, and statistics” will understand the editorial decision that I’m about to explain. The poster child for this saying could well be the preliminary – and we do mean preliminary – monthly jobs data for Wisconsin that are released by the Department of Workforce Development, based on statistical information provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Food Fight planning new eateryPosted on Thu, 23 May 2013 at 08:23 am |
St. Vincent de Paul opens low-cost pharmacyPosted on Thu, 23 May 2013 at 08:24 am |
Unemployment drops in 67 of 72 countiesPosted on Thu, 23 May 2013 at 08:20 am |
Madison Fire Department won't train at MATCPosted on Thu, 23 May 2013 at 08:15 am |
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Blaska may be mistaken, but Soglin is evil
About those state jobs numbers …
Is Paul Soglin that stupid?