Archive for the ‘Meetings’ Category

Cutting the Right Waste

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Local Indianapolis sales coach Jeff Bowe points out that sales requires being “vigilant in using limited time.” But how should sales professionals manage their time effectively?
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No Sitting on the Job

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Imagine a workplace where chairs are banned and alarms go off when you walk too slowly. This is not science fiction, but the Canon Electronics Company.
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Termination by “Mr. Nice Guy”

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

In the humor publication The Onion a spoof editorial relays an annoying workplace conversation where the question, “Hey you got a second?”, is followed by the worst possible news. Although satire, this piece offers a vivid picture of workplace communication gone bad.

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Death to Performance Reviews

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Dr. Samuel Culbert, a leading business professor from UCLA, hates performance reviews. “To my way of thinking,” he asserts, “a one-side-accountable, boss-administered review is little more than a dysfunctional pretense [to preserve authority].”

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When Hearings Mean Speeches

Friday, January 20th, 2006

The Senate confirmation hearings for potential Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito are part of a time-honored American tradition. Every committee member has thirty minutes to ask questions, but most of this time is not used for either questions or answers. Instead, senators spend most of their time promoting themselves.

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