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  • Lessons Learned by a Leader

    Here are some of the guiding principles that helped Christen Day, CEO, Lululemon Athletica (Fortune magaizine, Nov. 10, 2008): Learn to live with criticism; learn to be in the spotlight. Efficiency isn't always effectiveness. Sometimes by making something so efficient (gross margin, supply chain...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-09-2008

  • Advice on Grooming and Keeping Talented Employees

    Every organization shares this common problem: developing talented individuals for bigger responsibilities while at the same time guarding against the very real possibility that these efforts will be wasted because they are lured away by a better opportunity. Fortune magazine (Nov. 10, 2008) offers 3...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-09-2008

  • Reasons People Choose to Work For Your Company--and Stay!

    While paying highly competitive salaries may seem like a way to prevent high turnover of a workforce, many other factors are involved to create employee loyalty. And with the 5-year retention rate of employees down to 52.8% (from 55.4% in 2007), here are a few other factors to review that help other...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-01-2008

  • Share Information During Bad Times

    Today's unnerving economic times are having an unanticipated impact in the work place itself. Employees are so uncertain about their company's future, and their own, that over 70% polled would welcome some kind of communication from senior management about the uncertainty, according to research...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-28-2008

  • Digging for Information

    What happens to the sensitive information on your company cell phones and laptops when they are replaced? Does your organization have a defined process to totally erase your company's secrets? Researchers from British phone company BT Group recently purchased 161 discarded cell phones at auction...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-28-2008

  • Control Labor Costs Through Location

    Does your office need to be located in the area it is? If not, moving it could help you reduce your labor costs. Many parts of the country, and many parts of your local area, can allow you to tap into lower cost labor alternatives. When looking to move, here are some considerations ( Entrepreneur magazine...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-24-2008

  • Are You an Agent of Change?

    "True change agents have a track record of seeing around corners, and their visions of the future will not let them rest." This statement from Jack and Suzy Welch (BusinessWeek, Oct. 20, 2008) illustrates a major factor that makes change agents so much different from their peers. They believe...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-22-2008

  • Tips on Running Great Meetings

    Everyone spends part of their week in meetings--some short some long, some good, some dreadful. What follows are some tips for running great meetings ( Fortune magazine, Oct. 27, 2008): Diane Bryant, CIO, Intel: To ensure effective and efficient meetings, new hires receive training on conducting meetings...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-21-2008

  • Incentive Progam Pitfalls

    "When you try to measure people's performance, you have to take into account how they are going to react," believes Joel Spolsky, columnist with Inc. magazine (October 2008). "Inevitably, people will figure out how to get the numbers you want at the expense of what you are not measuring...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-19-2008

  • Success through Asking the Right Questions

    Bill Marriott, Chairman and CEO of Mariott International, shared with readers of Fortune magazine (Oct. 13, 2008) that the best advice he ever received was that success came from asking the right questions and making people feel they were participating in the decision making process. Some of his other...
    Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-18-2008
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