by Joe Driscoll | Nov 27, 2009 | People
The landscape of the job market changes rapidly. Many of today’s jobs didn’t exist ten years ago and ten years from now, the change will be greater yet. There is one thing, however, that we share in common with the generations that preceded us and those...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 27, 2009 | People
If you depend on people to follow your instructions, it only makes sense that you give some thought to the manner in which you give those instructions. At sometime or other, we have all been frustrated when the “simplest instructions” were not followed....
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 27, 2009 | People
The managers at Company X continually cited the need for upgraded facilities and new equipment when confronted with their failure to compete effectively with Company Y. The corporation that owned Company X decided to invest several million dollars in upgrading its...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 25, 2009 | General Business
Do you remember back not too many years ago when public policy makers began attacking the tax deductibility of the “three martini lunch”? It wasn’t the tax deduction for the lunch tab as much the business decisions that were being made after the...
by Joe Driscoll | Nov 25, 2009 | Leadership
What happens around your house when company is coming? Have you ever noticed what happens around your office when visitors are coming? After you make the announcement that visitors will be coming to your office, you don’t have to tell your employees to look...