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| St. Louis Gets Serious About Tech Talent | |||||||||||||
| There's been much acrimony on the subject of attracting and retaining IT talent. Employers are regularly criticized both for overstating the problem and doing little to rectify it. But give some credit where it's due. The St. Louis business community, having identified tech talent as a shared concern, last July launched a program called Greater St. Louis Works. The goal: Define the scope of the region's IT talent challenges and figure out ways to address them. The guiding principle: Regional economic development isn't just about dangling tax incentives and other subsidies in front of companies. It's increasingly about assuring local companies, and those considering moving in, that they'll have access to enough talented tech professionals, so critical to driving every business. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Jul-27-2008 | |||||||||||||
| When Gossip Goes Bad | |||||||||||||
| "Pssst! Did you hear about the director of marketing? I hear she's having an affair with the vice-president of sales. Be honest. You've had conversations just like that around the water cooler, haven't you? After all, it's human nature to want to share information with colleagues. But when does an exchange of information cross the line from idle chit-chat to malicious gossip, the kind that can create a corrosive atmosphere in a work environment? | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Jul-27-2008 | |||||||||||||
| Everybody at Chorus Works at Home | |||||||||||||
| Chorus, a provider of software for health care providers, closed its Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., headquarters in early June its office in Texas in early July; that means all of the company's 35 employees and full-time consultants work at home. CIO Rick Boyd says the company decided to close its offices to save money (an estimated US$400,000 a year) and spare employees the hassle and rising cost of commuting. Chorus was able to make this move because it had much of the infrastructure already in place that would allow employees to collaborate and communicate with clients. But the company also had to establish work policies designed to maintain employee productivity, figure out how the IT department would provide desktop support and identify software tools to make employee workloads more transparent for managers. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Jul-27-2008 | |||||||||||||
| Narcissists at Work: How to Deal with Arrogant, Controlling, Manipulative Bullies | |||||||||||||
| Narcissism, defined as a personality disorder by the National Institutes of Health, is a pattern of behaviors that show a pervasive need for attention and admiration, as well as a lack of concern or empathy for others. In the workplace, narcissists tend to be successful and goal-oriented, with no concern for others who get in their way. They feel a need to control co-workers, projects and situations around them, and they can be manipulative, spinning situations and facts to make it appear that others around them are the problem, not them. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Jul-27-2008 | |||||||||||||
| Pregnant Pause Can Hurt Career | |||||||||||||
| Samantha Jenner was a true corporate high-flyer; by the age of 36 she was a senior manager at a blue-chip organization with international clients, a 300-strong team working under her and glittering career prospects. When she announced she was pregnant with her first child four years ago there were celebrations all round and she went off for six months’ maternity leave believing she would be fully supported on her return to her high-powered role. She was wrong. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Jul-27-2008 | |||||||||||||
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