…is what some workers wish they could say to their managers. According to a survey released today and conducted in May and June 2007 by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company, which calls itself “The Workplace Communications Experts,”
nearly one out of four (24%) U.S. workers believe their top managers are openly expressing their
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When I started this blog back in November 2006, I had little sense of what it would yield me, career-wise. Yeah, yeah, a blog is about building a community and all that. But what kind of community could a daily jot about the workplace beget?
In the shadow of my colleagues blogging about presidential politics and American Idol, my wee …
Case Study A on how working women can publicly and skillfully sing their own praises: I submit to you Sen. Hillary Clinton’s performance in last night’s CNN/YouTube debate among Democratic presidential candidates.
Time after time, she managed to pepper her responses with phrases like, “I have done tremendous work on this…” “This is …
I’ve got a book by that title on my nightstand. I borrowed it from my church’s library about a year ago. The writing is erratic–it’s a compilation of essays-slash-testimonies by famous Catholics like Maria Shriver–and I’m find I’m resisting it for literary and psychological reasons.
There’s another book I’d like to read: Christopher …
I haven’t said confession in years, but I may have to for writing this essay in this week’s magazine. My regular friends on this site will recognize its origins in a post of the same subject. I’m coming to realize having a blog is like having a therapist: you’re compelled to barf out your half-formed opinions on things, and suddenly they …
Is anyone else a little wigged out at the gross displays of wealth among Americans recently?
Just over the past week, my local paper, The New York Times, published two consumer lifestyle articles featuring ridiculously expensive items: $60,000 mattresses and $225,000 parking spots.
Then there’s this piece about what portion of the …
No, say half of CFOs. Yes, say half of CFOs.
Great. Thanks for settling that for us.
A survey released this week by staffing company Accountemps posed this question to CFOs. It focused on the hiring of finance majors, but we might infer how hiring executives view the question for the general populace. When CFOs were asked how important …
…so is the war for talent. That’s according to the PriceWaterhousecoopers Saratoga survey on the subject. Saratoga’s 2007-2008 Human Capital Effectiveness Report contains results from over 300 organizations, a majority of in the Fortune 1000.
From these numbers, it appears that even as employers spend more and become more desperate …
Last summer, I was asked to talk about my job to a roomful of Time Inc. interns. This is just about my favorite thing to do: I love to tell doe-eyed young journalists about all the crappy moves I’ve made so they won’t have to repeat ’em. Not that they’ll listen. Smart, experienced journalists gave me good advice, too, such as: don’t be …
So I got home last night about 8:30, paid the sitter, and fell onto the couch for a good bout of brain-free TV. I found what I was looking for in the hour-long NBC special featuring Victoria Beckham’s arrival in the U.S.
We are big fans of David Beckham, the footballer, and by we I mean my husband. He’d go gay for David Beckham. I’m …
We celebrated my kid’s third birthday yesterday. Early thoughts of pony rides and poolside clown shows gave way to a homemade luau, and only because all the accoutrements were on sale at Party City.
What kind of moron would stress about a home party for a 3-year-old and her scabby-kneed cousins? What can I say–I’m just lucky that way. …
Two news items involving boldface-name CEOs this week ought to teach execs about the perils of the Internet. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, was outed as Rahodeb, a sort of anonymous commenter on a Yahoo! Finance web site who had a thing for slamming Whole Foods’ rival Wild Oats. A bit awkward now that WF owns WO. Oopsy.
The other top …
