By Kevin Kennemer, MA, SPHR
Although it has been tough for most companies in this economic recession, a new study reports Great Workplaces have performed better, with revenue and stock prices to the avoidance of the dreaded layoff and its terrible consequences. Our good friend Asher Adelman, Founder of GreatPlaceJobs.com, said their recent study “shows that [...]
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Great Workplaces Thriving in Economic Recession
5 Brand-Busting Mistakes to Avoid
From entrepreneur.com
Engaging in any one of these could sabotage your brand.
In my 25 years as a branding consultant, I’ve seen companies make major branding mistakes, some real doozies. One company wanted to tout itself as the most innovative, even though it spent zero dollars on research and development. Another acquired a well-respected competitor and then [...]
13 Useful Tips to Improve Execution and Follow Through
Regis Hadiaris, Dot Connector
Here is a list of resources on Dot Connector that can help you with various elements of achieving exceptional performance in execution and follow through. At the end of this list, you’ll also find 3 outstanding articles from the blogosphere.
10 Execution and Follow Through Resources on Dot Connector
1. Mental Focus – The [...]
How to Defy Physics and Be On Time
Guy Kawasaki (Alltop)
During a recent trip to Edinburgh, I learned that this clock at the top of the train station is ten minutes fast. The theory is that people will then get to the train station earlier when the clock is fast; however, this probably isn’t as effective as it could be because even tourists [...]
110 Ultimate Round-Up of Free Photoshop PSD Files and Resources
When it comes to Image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master.
Display beautiful images is a potent element in web and graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more [...]
C-Cubed. A great math formula to resolve conflict.
Gary Danoff
Profit Improvement Enterprises, LLC
If you are like me—someone not so great in math—you became a little nervous at thinking this was going to be a math thing. You can calm down. I am not going there. Instead, this little play on math formulas is an easy way to remember two common words that are [...]
Top 10 Holiday Tips for Career Success
By: Ford R. Myers, M.Ed.
Every year as the holidays approach, most jobseekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts. They believe there is no point in pursuing new opportunities during the holidays, and that nobody is making hiring decisions until January, so “why bother?” Many decide to do absolutely nothing from [...]
The WAHM’s Toolbox: 100 Links and Resources
Balancing work and home is hard enough when those are two separate places, but some women manage to tame the chaos of their hectic family schedules long enough to get work done without ever leaving the home. These moms doing double duty can use some resources to help them make the most of their time [...]
Self Brand
Scott D Jones – Staffing Consultant – Toledo, Ohio
Self branding is becoming a relevant way to market yourself, “you” not just your company as we begin to emerge out of this recession. Recently I read an article that has changed the way that I conduct business. It is a full time job branding [...]

