Add value. Add value to the organization, customer, and to yourself. Target and concentrate on fields with the greatest potential. Create new and better ways of working, use time management techniques, and use a day planner. Constantly improve skills, knowledge, and contacts. Be flexible. Be ready for change and opportunities. Look for the best fit. …
The AT&T transformation story continues. Over the last year, C. Michael Armstrong has spent more then $110 billion trying to turn AT&T from a “staid long distance company into a hot, cable-based communications network.”[i] If he succeeds the new AT&T will pipe entertainment, phone service, and Internet connection into your home. His transformation of AT&T …
AT&T, one of America’s blue-chip companies, recently downsized more than 60,000 employees. The media described it in Armageddon-like terms. The New York Times called it the “one year journey of discovery, dismemberment and downsizing” and “the epicenter of a corporate earthquake.”[i] The changes were strongly felt by many Northeastern stakeholders, employees, managers, suppliers, schools, tax …
A buddy of mine, an urologist, works 60 plus hours a week. His income has dropped 25% in the last 3 years. Why? He’s angry and frustrated having spent so many years educating himself and still working slavish hours. For what? Well the American Medical Association (AMA) has a partial answer. The American Medical Association considers …
Only a few years ago, the rallying cry for increasing US competitiveness was the Japanese juggernaut or the Southeast Asian super economies. They could do no wrong. They were business samurai waiting to take over the world. There were discussions about a titanic business struggle. The Japanese allegedly were unstoppable because of their high quality …
The churn logic goes something like this. There are three parties: 1. the raiding company, 2. the raided company and 3. the individual. The raider may be a start up, merged, or expanding company that needs certain skills and is willing to pay a market premium, sometimes a huge premium. The raided company, often the …
“Good or bad, the ‘churn’ seems to be reaching unprecedented levels as companies that once might have retrained employees for new roles, or waited for them to leave via attrition, are now jettisoning them to make room for new blood,” said the Wall Street Journal.[i] [i] Barta, Patrick, “In Current Expansion, As Business Booms, So, …
Something is going on. “Many companies are reconstituting their work forces at a faster pace than ever, hiring just as many as they are laying off, or hiring fewer, but more expensive workers even though these moves aren’t always united under a single, explicit strategy. Some of the companies are thriving and simply want to …
This is the key question of the ‘New Economy.’ Those who ‘get it’ understand the extent to which the Internet will facilitate commerce, change work, and accelerate the Brand U Nation. Those who ‘get it’ also understand the race to stake out Web ‘real estate’ to create dynamic Brand U’s web sites. As a result, …
Change distorts our perceptions of life and work. Change is distressing. Change can distort the reality – the ‘is’ of what is happening around us. We then react according to our perceptions of the ‘is’ which if distorted by old assumptions or rules, can affect how we deal with our life/work/career. Paradigms are critical to …