June 01, 2024 How to find the balance between telling it like it is and displaying good people skills More often than not, telling it like it is is not indicative of intelligence. BY Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic If you’re like most people—someone who pays attention to the feelings of others, and tries to act with empathy in … Continue reading How to find the balance between telling it like it is and displaying good people skills
Tesla hit with unfair labor complaint from US watchdog Steve Dent @stevetdent The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against Tesla after investigating workers’ complaints over unfair labor practices. Workers said Tesla “coerces and intimidates” them via a confidentiality agreement that illegally prevents them from discussing labor conditions and unionization. Workers … Continue reading NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay
Tom Martin October 4, 2021 Steve Jobs once said, “People don’t know what they want until you show it to them… Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.” God I love that quote. It should be hung in every product designer, software engineer and marketing executive office in … Continue reading The Dirty Little Secret Your Data Isn’t Telling You
Liz Kislik July 22, 2021 Whenever a particular bit of business jargon comes up multiple times in the same week from different clients, I always wonder what ripples are moving through the corporate zeitgeist! Are you hearing about people being asked to “stay in their lane”? One conflict-averse vice president described herself as staying … Continue reading Why It’s So Important to Stop Telling People to Stay in Their Lane
Arik Hanson July 5, 2021 It’s become one of the most prevalent questions in the social media industry. And, to me, also one of the most frustrating. Mostly because of article’s like Hootsuite’s recent post “How Often to Post to Social Media in 2021”. You see, most of these “how often to post” articles always … Continue reading How Often Should You Post on Social Media? (A Lot Less Than Hootsuite Is Telling You)
How email security programs affected my perception of data integrity. Allison Walter on June 18, 2020 As marketers, we face the overwhelming challenge of demonstrating proof that our tactics are effective. But how can we convince management if we are not convinced of our own data? Here’s the reality, which I recently learned for myself: … Continue reading Is my data telling me the truth?
Tamra Chandler — November 10, 2019 In my first two blogs on this topic (blog one and blog two), I made the case that it’s time (actually, well past time) to fix feedback and realize the full positive power feedback can bring to us and our organizations. I offered a new definition of feedback and … Continue reading This Isn’t Feedback: Telling Isn’t Trust-Building
Zach Heller — December 27, 2018 Follow @zheller — December 27, 2018 Arguably the single best free tool available to marketers is Google Analytics. If you know how to use it, it can tell you so much about your customers, how they are using your website, what they’re interested in, and what is causing them … Continue reading To Get the Most Out of Google Analytics, First Understand What It’s Telling You
Virginia Franco — May 6, 2018 Follow @VAFrancoResumes — May 6, 2018 mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Whether you are testing the waters, looking to make a career 180, struggling with job security or are miserable in your current role – the first step toward finding or changing jobs is a resume, and more often than not, … Continue reading When it Comes to Telling Your Story, Is it Worth it to Hire a Resume Writer?
Cathy Atkins — November 22, 2017 Follow @cathcaldeira — November 22, 2017 lukasbieri / Pixabay Everyone has an opinion about remote work. They’re for it. They’re against it. They’re for it until they are against it. And, so the conversation keeps on ticking. The debate kicked back into high gear this year when IBM decided … Continue reading The Lies You are Telling Yourself about Remote Work
