Monthly Archives: August 2007
Wow. Does anyone really believe scripted friendship is sincere?
shudder I just called Crowne Hotels to make a hotel reservation. Then I called back to make a slight change. Both times, the account rep greeted me with a chipper, “What is your name so I may have the pleasure … Continue reading
Is being nice worthwhile?
I just had this exchange of answer/email/response on LinkedIn on the topic of: should you be nice? The original question: Is there power in being nice, with people in general or as a management tool?I’m reading the new book “The … Continue reading
The 11th Hour: What would the economic system look like?
I just saw The 11th Hour, Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film about the state of the planet and what it will take for us to clean things up. It’s the first such movie I’ve seen that actually presents the start of … Continue reading
Cooking the numbers, nationally, to present a tasty inflation report
I was just reading an article in the Boston Globe about the trade deficit hitting a 4-month low when I stumbled across these two paragraphs: In a second report, inflation at the wholesale level jumped sharply in July, rising by … Continue reading
Are you as good at recruiting as you are at sales?
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The Consulting Firms of the world seem to win the recruiting game, hands-down. It’s not because of money, though; it’s because they treat recruiting as seriously as sales. Continue reading
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