SEC Subpoenas Ken Lay Enron Documents
Monday September 29, 2003
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that it has asked a court to force former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to produce documents related to the alledged fraudulent ... Read More
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Monday September 29, 2003
Key Performance Indicators, also known as KPI or Key Success Indicators, help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals. KPI has been one of the most popular terms ... Read More
Jeff Probst Is A Management Guru?
Friday September 26, 2003
One usually doesn't think of Jeff Probst, host of the CBS reality show Survivor, in the same context as Tom Peters, Jim Collins, and Oren Harari. Yet on tonight's telecast ... Read More
100 Best Companies for Working Moms
Wednesday September 24, 2003
Working Mother magazine released its list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. See the list here. Is your company on it? If not, start thinking about why not. ... Read More
Top Ten Mistakes New Managers Make
Monday September 22, 2003
Managing can be a little daunting at first. A recent poll on my Management Forum found almost 50% of managers received NO training before starting the job. So I put ... Read More
Women Business Owners Want More Capital
Saturday September 20, 2003
According to the just released survey results from the US Department of Labor and Small Business Administration (SBA), access to capital and the poor economy were the top issues facing ... Read More
More Leadersip Turmoil at NYSE
Friday September 19, 2003
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is without a Chairman and CEO since Dick Grasso resigned September 17, 2003. The NYSE announced that a search committee had been formed ... Read More
National Humor in Business month
Thursday September 18, 2003
According to Holidays on the Net, September is National Humor in Business month. Here are links to some of the best business humor sites on the Internet, updated today.
NYSE Chief Dick Grasso Resigns
Wednesday September 17, 2003
Updated 9/17/03
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Chairman DickGrasso resigned today, the Wall Street Journal's Online edition reported. His resignation comes in the face of a public outcry over his $140 ... Read More
Has Casual Dress Gotten Too Casual?
Tuesday September 16, 2003
Apparently some companies are rethinking their casual dress policy, concerned that their employees have gotten too casual. Some employees are reconsidering it as well, feeling that they are less powerful ... Read More
B Players Coming To The Front
Monday September 15, 2003
In June, Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan published an article titled "Let's Hear It for B Players" in the Harvard Business Review. It pointed out the futility of the ... Read More
Business Information Unification
Sunday September 14, 2003
Business Information Unification is defined as the "convergence of unstructured-content management tools and portals with the content of enterprise systems and legacy applications". It is forecast to become the top ... Read More
A Way To Reduce Government Regulations
Saturday September 13, 2003
The US Government has a program in place to help reduce the burden of governmental regulations on small businesses (less than 500 employees, so it includes a lot of companies). ... Read More
The Polling Place
Friday September 12, 2003
Two of our recent polls are neck-and-neck with each other for number of votes cast. Here's a chance to make your voice heard on Critical Path and initial Management Training. ... Read More
How 9-11 Fundamentally Changed Business
Thursday September 11, 2003
On this second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I think we can best remember the people lost in those tragedies by making ... Read More
It's A Jungle Out There
Tuesday September 9, 2003
Later this week, CBS will start the latest of its "Survivor" shows. They really are great examples of office politics - at least if your office is on a ... Read More
Don't Shoot The Messenger
Monday September 8, 2003
Just a reminder that the Sobig email virus is still out there. If your email address is anywhere on a computer that gets infected (or got infected and hasn't been ... Read More
Can You Learn From A Cartoon?
Sunday September 7, 2003
In their book "Beep! Beep! Competing in the Age of the Roadrunner", authors Chip R. Bell and Oren Harari use the cartoon characters Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner ... Read More
Management Tip for Today
Saturday September 6, 2003
#B7: Business is not a tightrope. Remember that running a business is not a tightrope walking act. For one thing, you are not in this all alone. For another, nothing ... Read More
Were You Trained?
Friday September 5, 2003
How much management training did you receive before you started your first management job? Take our poll and see how your preparation compares with your peers.
In addition to voting in ... Read More
If a woman can make a baby in 9 months,
Thursday September 4, 2003
can 9 women make a baby in 1 month?
This expression is often used in project management to explain why the critical path can't be compressed. The argument is that some ... Read More
Survey Shows Strong Employer Support For Reservists
Wednesday September 3, 2003
A recent survey by Buck Consultants reports that most US employers, with reservists on their payroll, are not only meeting their obligations under the USERRA legislation, but are providing additional ... Read More
The Music Paradigm
Tuesday September 2, 2003
I've often said that any management job, but especially project management, is a lot like conducting a symphony. Finallly someone else agrees. Roger Nierenberg has gone farther that that. He ... Read More
Why Not Have A Management Day?
Monday September 1, 2003
Today the US celebrates Labor Day in honor of all the working people. Although started by a labor union, today the holiday encompasses all workers, including managers. Still, management-bashing seems ... Read More