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Managing a World Away

A recent article in Business on Main entitled, How to Manage a Far-Flung Workforce, reminded me of a friend who was recently assigned the responsibilities of managing her organization’s workforce in China. The company had recently expanded into China and, in addition to bringing over some resources from the United States, had hired the majority […]

Quick Tips: Planning Contingencies for Your Training Programs

The best laid plans for running your training program frequently go astray. Things happen! Participants may arrive late to the workshop due to traffic or miscommunications, activities run longer than planned, discussions are going great and you don’t want to cut them short, brainstorming sessions are productive – no doubt you’ve experienced some of these […]

Staying Organized in Your Business

I saw this great video with three space saving gadgets for the home office (or any office space frankly) on Business on Main. Paul Hochman, in his Tech Notes, introduced three products: USB cable hub to reduce wire clutter, clip on LED task lamp to illuminate your laptop and a twistable power strip (I really […]

Drive your business like a NYC cab

Drive your business like a New York City Cab!

Business is ruthless and should be treated as such. Consumers don’t care about you, or what you’ve invested. Consumers care about one person… Hint Hint: It’s not you. You’ll have to answer one question better than anyone else: “what’s in it for me.” Craft your business […]

Strategy in Human Resources

Strategy in Human Resources? Is that possible?

As time has passed, more and more departments inside organizations have become strategic and data-driven. When we think of departments like Finance and Operations, we can easily visualize those being strategic and highly analytical, but we don’t often think that way about HR.

Human Resources is one of […]