Archive for April, 2007
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Posted in Other People's Pics | No Comments »
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Posted in Videos | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Posted in Other People's Pics | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
-
Speaking exclusively to Personnel Today, Brearley said: “The most effective retention strategy is a great manager – it’s not an HR policy or process. “Our job in HR is to find how to help select, promote, develop and create the capabilities for great mana
-
HR professionals are finally starting to outstrip their colleagues in finance when it comes to salaries, earning up to £50,000 more at senior level, research has revealed. In some areas, HR salaries have risen by up to 20% in the past 12 months, accordin
Posted in General | No Comments »
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
-
Google has now rolled out a Pay-Per-Action advertising service, which requires you to pay only if the user completes a clearly defined action after clicking on an add — such as buying something, joining a mailing list, etc. Pricier than AdWords, but much
-
Vutool is a “Google Earth” from the ground level. It is being created the hard way – a battalion of cars are traveling around major U.S. cities and taking pictures at ground level, with 6 degrees of rotation. The company calls the experience “street
-
This Nottingham chemist can fairly claim to be the hottest male property in Britain right now. Women have gone potty for his anti-ageing skin cream, which sells on the high street for just £16.75, and which scientists say really works. The only problem i
-
A UK coaching blog
-
Another UK coaching blog
-
Another UK coaching blog
-
Another UK coaching blog
-
Another UK coaching blog
Posted in General | No Comments »
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Posted in Other People's Pics | No Comments »
Saturday, April 7th, 2007
-
A five-factor structure was identified: (a) Challenging Work, (b) Coworkers, (c) Pay and Promotion Opportunities, (d) Reputation, and (e) Location. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to confirm that the five-factor model was a good fit to the dat
-
These cases — in combination with George’s accomplishments — show that leaders who create humane organizations that really care about their people and their customers — and don’t just view them as units that exist for the purposes of extracting “as muc
-
I was shocked to learn that, according to the governments own figures (and depending upon how you read them), the UK spent between 32 and 39 billion pounds on defence in 2006.
-
Hogrefe Limited (http://www.hogrefe.co.uk), the psychometric specialist, is launching ‘Instant Access’ – a bureau service for organisations wishing to benefit from the insight that psychometric testing can provide without currently having any staff specif
-
Organization is not about structures, processes, systems, technology, hierarchies, and culture. These are mere branches or offshoots of an organization. The roots of any organization are the people who work there. Any change management initiative that doe
-
The March 26 issue of U.S. News & World Report includes a cool cover story on what America can learn from the rest of the world:
-
Welcome to Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Posted in General | No Comments »
Friday, April 6th, 2007
-
Netflix’s time off rules–or lack thereof–are part of a broad culture of employee autonomy instilled in the company when Hastings founded it a decade ago. The executives trust staffers to make their own decisions on everything – from whether to bring the
-
I review and discuss instances in which 27 future Nobel Laureates encountered resistance on part of scientific community towards their discoveries and instances in which 36 future Nobel Laureates encountered resistance on part of scientific journal editor
-
Welcome to ExoticMeats.Com, We offer the internet’s largest selection of Game and Specialty Meats. We feature over 38 Varieties of Exotics
-
Economists, in particular, have not gotten much past the analysis in Kreps’s 1986 paper ”Corporate Culture and Economic Theory,” despite important contributions from Crémer (1993), Lazear (1995), and Hermalin (1998). (Ben Hermalin provides a nice s
-
-
In this year’s second edition of the Pan-European HR Barometer, produced by Hewitt Associates for the European Club for human resources (EChr), findings show HR in large firms is having an impact on the business. Much like last year, the study pointed t
-
A nice guide to social networking
-
Thoughts on why social networks fail
-
aSmallWorld is a private online community, which is designed for those who already have strong connections with one another.
-
Some hard data is coming out this week on the adoption of Web 2.0 tools by companies. Yesterday, Forrester released some results from a December 2006 survey of 119 CIOs at mid-size and larger companies. It indicated that Web 2.0 is being broadly and rapid
-
An enterprise 2.0 Meme Map
-
The average hidden cost associated with recruiting a new employee is more than £5,000, according to a study by recruitment consultants Angela Mortimer. The figure comes from the firm’s Cost of Recruitment Calculator, which was developed to allow employ
Posted in General | No Comments »
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
-
Bank and public holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the years 2007-2010
-
In a move that says more about the revenue potential of its core business than any numbers reported to date, Skype announced the launch of two new products that have little to do with the core service and are already widely available elsewhere: local prod
-
Accordingt to Nick, Spot Runner reduces the cost of creating a decent TV ad from $500,000 to $500 ($499 to be precise). It reduces the time necessary to plan and buy a TV campaign from 6 weeks-12 months to 24 hours. It allows thousands of local businesses
-
A classic from Ernst and Young
Posted in General | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Posted in Other People's Pics | No Comments »
