Dictionary.com defines “ethics” as that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions.
Based on that definition, Bernard Madoff, charged with running a fifty billion dollar ponzi scheme isn’t unethical.  Really.  Truly.
There was a very interesting article in Tuesday’s Financial Times, the third newspaper […]

Average training expenditures per employee fell 11 percent in the past year, from $1,202 per learner in 2007 to $1,075 per learner in 2008, according to a report issued Friday, January 23, by research firm Bersin & Associates  The report also showed the U.S. corporate training market shrank from $58.5 billion in 2007 […]

So, our new employee has been on the job for nine days.  How do you think he is doing?  How did we do in our selection process?
Anyways…
Listening to an Employee
One of the fun things about my Wednesday blog is the research I do to find fun, interesting and pithy topics that allow me to […]

Only 33 percent of companies believe they communicate their reward philosophy and strategy effectively to employees, according to a new study. Yet 80 percent believe reward communication has an effective or very effective impact on the organization’s performance, employee satisfaction, retention and employee engagement.
Anyone see the issue here?
If only a third of companies believed their […]

“Job Fears Make Offices All Ears”
This is the headline from a WSJ article from January 20, 2009.
According to SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), 23 percent of H.R. professionals have encountered significantly more cases of eavesdropping in the workplace over the last 12 months, while 54 percent reported a sharp increase in gossip and rumors […]

226 items
2 full carts
51 full shopping bags
11 items free
120 coupons, 42 doubled
$10 in “cash certificates”, $8 bonus bucks
$39.16 saved in “Manager’s Specials”
$832.93 spent in a five hour marathon session, $385.14 saved
46.2% savings, 48.4% if you include the additional $18 in free money.
Yes.  It’s a sickness, a game, a personality quirk that allows you to peer […]

OK, two weeks in a row, and I’m a day late… again.
However, I am making sales calls, setting up relationships with partners and colleagues, so it’s all OK.
Anyways…
Time Flies
First and foremost, happy birthday to my older son Josh.  He is 22 today, so it’s his “royal birthday”… he is 22 on the 22nd. However, a […]

Our new employee starts today.
OUR employee
We had a two year job search, interviewed over 30 candidates of every shape, color, and gender.
OUR employee
We conducted behavioral interviews, time and time again.
OUR employee
We wondered if the job candidates had the skills, knowledge, competencies, and skills to perform in this critical role.
OUR employee
We vetted, we caucused, we voted, […]

According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Circuitous is from Medieval Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, a going around. Every once in a while the six years of latin I took in high school and college actually pays off.  It’s second declension, masculine, if you really want to know (yea, sometimes I […]

More than one-third of executives in a recent survey said good employees are most likely to quit their jobs because of unhappiness with management. This is up from 23 percent when the question was asked five years ago. Limited opportunities for advancement was the second most common answer, cited by 33 percent of respondents.  […]