Over the years I have often been faced with calls or emails from other managers who have taken offense at something I or my staff had done or said. In almost every case, when I reviewed the chain of communication, I truly could not see a cause reason for the person to be angry. Generally, […]
I’ve been working for large corporations now for over 30 years. All of them have had annual employee surveys, and all of them have had the occasional problems with poor showings in the categories around people. I think this is because quite often the larger a company gets the less people-oriented they become. This becomes […]
I recently was reading in a trade journal that since technology has become so pervasive and integral to how a business runs that the technology leaders should have a business background rather than one in technology. I’m not sure what to think of that, and I’m pretty sure I disagree. While it is absolutely necessary […]