AdAge asked a bunch of really smart business leaders "how they continuously educate themselves to keep up with the shifting digital and cultural landscapes." Here's what they said (and what InsideWork has to say about what they said).
Noting the toxic relationships in many workplaces Fast Company found research suggesting that workers who think their bosses are unfair may face significantly greater risk of heart disease.
Whole Foods Chairman and CEO John Mackey notes that executive pay in the United States is 300 times greater than the wages of average workers. Are CEOs overpaid? At InsideWork, we think there may be an even bigger question: are CEOs under-challenged?
Here's a competent, well-paid manager who can't see how in the world he could communicate with paying customers to make sure they got what they paid for and invite them to spend again. Could things be any more broken?
OK Christians in business, or Christian businesspeople, or whatever it is you call yourself: Jim Hancock wants to know if a difference that makes no difference is really a difference....
2009 was what it was. Today we reboot. Tomorrow we get on with our work. Godspeed as you pursue your part with energy, imagination, endurance and hope in 2010. Happy New Year!
According to George Washington University's Alcohol Cost Calculator the estimated cost of alcohol problems to US business is around (gulp) $134,000,000,000 per year.
You don't have to be Jack Welch and you don't have to be responsible for the well-being of a giant corporation to make your mark as a leader. Part II from Jim Hancock
Good management is vital, but it's not leadership. Download the free POPCAP worksheet to help you think about the difference between leading and managing and decide what your company needs from both categories.
Jim Hancock joins former Worthwhile Magazine columnist Curt Rosengren's beef with Big Advertising. We see what you're doing with all that You're-Not-Good-Enough marketing... Now cut it out!
What Can Religion Learn From Business?
Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday
Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday (+ Jim Hancock considers a workaround because it doesn't look like things are likely to change any time soon).














