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| When Good Corporate Deeds Yield Good Returns | |||||||||||||
| Social responsibility is big business. IBM goes so far as to call it "the next engine of growth for companies." Of course, CSR isn't just an extracurricular activity. Every company has some basic social responsibilities: Adhere to laws, regulations, and principles of decency; deliver quality products; be transparent in business dealings and reporting. Beyond the basics, IBM defines CSR as the way "companies do good in the world, benefiting society through their own economic, environmental, and social actions." | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Aug-21-2008 | |||||||||||||
| Smart Thinking: To Assess or Not to Assess? | |||||||||||||
| True employee development cannot be forced or mandated; individuals must be committed to "looking in the mirror" and being willing to make a sincere effort to change. The journey to becoming a better company, employee, leader or person always begins with the desire to improve. Behind every great breakthrough is a strong sense of passion, a steel-toed conviction in what can be. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Aug-21-2008 | |||||||||||||
| You're Out! | |||||||||||||
| The firing of New York Mets manager Willie Randolph in June was a top headline in the world of sports and led to a storm of criticism about the way Mets officials handled the dismissal. Some say managers can glean lessons in the business world about what not to do when dismissing employees. Firings should be done in person and by an employee's direct manager, since that's the person the employee has the relationship with. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Aug-21-2008 | |||||||||||||
| Companies that Eliminate Perks Risk Employee Backlash | |||||||||||||
| Earlier this summer, when employees first learned of a Google plan to upgrade and dramatically raise the price of its day care program, they wept, according to an article in the New York Times. Compensation experts say the flap over Google's decision to change its employee day care program illustrates the difficulty in eliminating any employee perk. | |||||||||||||
| [Full Article] Aug-21-2008 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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