Ask HR- Reference in the Resume
I was recently asked my opinion of using a referral pane on a resume. The resume looked something like this. My opinion is that this is too difficult for a recruiter to scan.
Month: October 2010
Capital Campaigns – Part #2: What They’re Not
• A capital campaign is not a “fundraiser.” It is as far beyond a dinner event as building a motorcycle is beyond building a skateboard. • A capital campaign is not for the faint of heart. In conducting a capital campaign, an organization puts its credibility and its future on the line. It is one …
Chevron Gets Pranked
The latest trend in attacks presents new crisis management challenges You’ve probably already heard of the fake Chevron PR campaign, an elaborate and temporarily effective attack by activists. For those that missed it, the elaborate prank, whose aim was to draw attention to questionable environmental practices, involved not only a fake website, but an entire …
Appreciation for Appreciative Leadership
This blog entry – consistent with my entry from October 7 — is a commentary on Whitney, Trosten-Bloom, and Rader’s book Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization. I want to be transparent about my biases related to this current series of blog entries on Appreciative Leadership (AL).
Email Marketing Best Practices – Part 2 of 2
This list of things to AVOID is important – to protect the integrity and boost the outcome of your email marketing campaigns.
Blogging: The Spiders Say It’s Time You Got Started
What if you could broadcast your company news, brand attributes or something especially cool about what you do with a few disciplined hours each week at your computer? Of course, you know that you can….by blogging. You’re thinking, old news, right? Sure it is. But I’m here to reinforce the newsy part in the interest …
Transition through Fear
I want to follow-up on my post from last week about taking down your house board by board. Before you can re-build your house, you’re left in the Void. Many people can’t sit in the place of the void. It’s too scary, too lonely, too unsettling. Why is that? Some people resist change (at work …
Email Marketing Best Practices
Email Marketing is so important that you should have this checklist at your fingertips when you create your next email campaign.
Survey says…Reward and Recognition is..
I’m currently doing research for a book on reward and recognition in call centres – what’s new, some fresh ideas, what motivates reps these days, etc and preliminary results show that 100% of the companies surveyed so far have some type of program. I thought it might be interesting to share some preliminary results with …
Engaging your team and improving productivity
We all try harder when there’s a prize at stake, no matter how small. The desire to win is in all of us to a greater or lesser extent and even those who wouldn’t be described as ‘competitive’ still enjoy playing. In business, sales teams have included competitive measurement and reward to drive productivity for …