A Biased View of The Evolution of Corporate Structures

If you’ve been with the same company long enough, you gets to experience various organizational structures. Some work great, but others struggle to gain critical mass and are destined to be moved to the bottom of the file cabinet. One of the biggest challenges comes when the C-level managers decide to perform reorgs every 18-24 months. It usually happens when new leadership comes in and decides to start rearranging the “furniture” right away so that they have their fingerprints on the organization so that they can justify their existence. Continue reading “A Biased View of The Evolution of Corporate Structures”

This Action Will Get You The Job Offer During The Interview

If you’re thinking about starting a job hunt, Harvey Mackay said it best: “Dig your well before you’re thirsty”. It’s also a title for one of his books. I’ll let Harvey and many other good authors provide the guidance and prep you for a productive job hunt.
Before that, get your profile on LinkedIn, no exception, first and foremost. See my earlier post on my take on LinkedIn.
For now, I’m going to jump right to parts of the interview and provide you an exceptional tool that will help you gather your thoughts and prepare you more effectively than any other candidate you are competing against. Preparation and how you handle yourself during the interview will differentiate you from the pool of candidates they bring in to fill a job.
The first tool will require some homework that will be fulfilled during your research and preparation for the company. Continue reading “This Action Will Get You The Job Offer During The Interview”

Price vs Cost Re-imagined

Price vs Cost Re-imagined
Very interesting article. Wake up, folks!
Out-of-pocket expense for a daily “required” and a luxurious cup of coffee for a person is about $1,000.00 per year for high-end coffee. That’s two plane tickets for a vacation or funding a Roth IRA.
For a field-based team, my cost center could take an annual hit of $10,000.00… For Coffee!!. If one adds up all of the field people expensing a daily coffee run to their favorite Barista, it could add up to the value of one headcount during budget time. I could use that headcount to increase customer satisfaction and grow my company’s business.
Not there’s nothing wrong with spending $4.00+ every day on a coffee brand that you love, it’s merely an observation.

Is Anyone Out There?

Is Anyone Out There?

I started posting content on LinkedIn®/Twitter® as a way to learn more about social media methods in general.
During the past nine months, my postings and updates were consistent, and learned a few things that may not be obvious to the casual user. Did you know the items that are “published” on LinkedIn® are discoverable during a Google/Yahoo search and the “updates” are not? Neither did I until last week.
Here’s how I spent some morning coffee time “sharpening my saw” and sharing a few thought-provoking ideas. Continue reading “Is Anyone Out There?”