Publications

October 23, 2022

Weekly Report 22-59

WITH EMPLOYEE RETENTION INCREASINGLY BECOMING A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT to business efficiency, profitability and stability, effective leadership can be even more important these days than compensation. Critical employees now expect and demand: (1) Challenging projects with opportunities to improve their skills; (2) Knowing the business goals and how they fit in; (3) Planning their own work... Continue
October 18, 2022

Weekly Report 22-58

AS IF EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT/ MOTIVATION/ RETENTION WASN’T TOUGH ENOUGH THESE DAYS, our California senate has now set new Regulations effective January 1st, requiring companies with more than 15 employees to: (1) for all job recruitment postings, include the “applicable pay scale”; (2) Provide employees, upon request, with pay scale for the position they hold; and... Continue
October 14, 2022

Weekly Report 22-57

AS Q4 TIME PRESSURES INCREASE, a reminder that the single biggest loss of time and efficiency comes from responding to ‘urgencies’ of others – especially texts/ emails/ social media/ gossip – at expense of tackling personally ‘important’ matters. Reality is that ‘important’ items easily get pre-empted and procrastinated because they don’t always have immediate deadlines,... Continue
October 10, 2022

Weekly Report 22-56

“CURRENTLY, ALGORITHMS AND SIMILAR BEHIND-THE-SCENES AUTOMATION determine everything we see online – from content on social media, to which websites we find on search engines, to which ads are displayed when surfing the web – but major internet companies cannot be sued over their content algorithms, based on current federal Appeals Court decisions.”  A case... Continue
October 6, 2022

Weekly Report 22-55

LEADERSHIP IS “A SET OF BEHAVIORS WHICH HELP TEAMS align their collective direction, to execute strategic plans. It’s about guiding and impacting outcomes, enabling groups to work together to accomplish objectives.” Leadership is beyond Management providing “technical expertise & direction in a command-and-control organization… A global survey of 200,000 people concluded that nearly 90% of... Continue