DONE
The very best business e-mail consists of just one word “DONE!”.
Business blog (English)
Let’s get right to the business.
Business idea
A business idea one cannot express in a single tweet is rather a scientific concept and not a business idea.
Employees types
There are four types of employees.
1. I am going to the office and working there.
2. I am not going to the office but still working.
3. I am working in the office but never outside.
4. I am going to the office but still not working.
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Easy fix
I had the problem with this colleague. We participated in a dozen of meetings over the previous several weeks. I mean teleconferences. There always was this issue – I did not quite understand her. I heard her but not as good as the rest of the participants. The same thing was happening today. And suddenly one of the guys told her: “Looks like your mic is up the headset, can you take it down.” Shock and laugh. Boy, was it loud now? It did the trick.
Good CV
If you write about yourself and your text is too long for a Twitter, too boring for Facebook and can be considered an advertisement on LinkedIn, congratulations! You’ve written perfect CV. ))
Failing once
Some five months ago I failed my first MBA exam. As a matter of fact, it was the first time in my life I failed an exam. Now after I have reapplied and successfully passed it with “A” grade, I should say it was a great experience, and I am quite satisfied that I failed it back then.
Hiring a dog
One of my FB contacts posted this: “I work for money. If you want loyalty, hire a dog”. How do you like?
One thing is we have thousand of publications in many business medias about the loyalty and its importance nowadays. Not to mention the fact that the money alone is not enough anymore. Otherwise, HRM would be a waste of time. Just pay good money, and that’s it.
Hiring back
Here is somewhat new subject. Suppose somebody left your company and after some period, this person considers returning. There can be any reason for that, but she approaches you with such a request. Now the question is what are you going to do?
Soft HRM
Democracy as the organization of political life requires some level of maturity from the people.
Maybe it is precisely the reason explaining why some countries have a long story of democratic traditions while others still discuss whether they need democracy or “strong hand” of the autocratic leader. Moreover, maybe this is specifically the reason some countries tend to fall into the chaos should the authoritarian leader leave due to whatever reason. Examples of such countries in Europe are Russia and Ukraine.
Challenging times
I could not imagine there will be times like these. I must admit working and doing business with all this worrying information pouring from the news is a challenge. Several weeks ago, I noticed that people were mostly discussing the situation in the country rather than doing their work. We agreed though that we should keep working as hard as ever. It is also important for people to see and understand that company cares and will do whatever it takes to protect them and their families.