Gone are the days of the one-size-fits-all press release as a way of gaining column inches. An integrated and highly targeted approach is needed in 2012 to help maximise media relations. Crispin White quoted in this B2B Marketing article
On Thursday night I flew into T5 Heathrow after a long and tiring business trip. I’d paid extra for my meet and greet car parking service so you can imagine my dismay at hearing that I had to wait an hour for my car to be delivered! This was in stark contrast to my recent … Continued
Read this interesting post and the very funny TED video.
Although I’m not an advocate of ‘paying’ for the demonstration of particular behaviours or competencies without a commensurate contribution or output, research suggests that employees deliver more consistent results when you emphasise the “how” as well as the “what” . Chris Edmonds brought this to light in research he featured in his Cool Culture blog: … Continued
Factors that serve to demotivate employees are stronger than those that motivate them. For decades, “good” managers have concerned themselves with how to motivate employees – how to encourage their employees to give their best. New research from Jim Collins, co-author of Good to Great and Great by Choice, offers a new perspective (from the … Continued
Comment on Drayton Bird’s blog: Did I ever tell you about the time I was asked to join a BBC committee all about the future? It was all about predicting what was going to happen in the 21st century. Total wankfest, as you’d imagine. One meeting was enough. What a shame they’re increasing the TBQ … Continued
If you think you’re past it…. I found this useful and hope you do as well. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/09/0917_career_after_50/1.htm
Thanks to Erin Duggins for this… In a recent showing of Grey’s Anatomy, there was a prevalent theme regarding leadership, and to what degree those with the best technical capabilities can rise to the occasion and make the best leaders. The Grey’s Anatomy writers used a fictional “Gunther” exercise to exemplify this leadership theme. The … Continued
If I had to have a pin up boy, it would be Ken Robinson talking about creativity and education…..so very interesting. See his latest talk on TED
By Lucy Kellaway from the FT Last week I gave a talk to an audience of four dozen colleagues plus two teddy bears and a rabbit with one eye. The subject was: Who reads the Financial Times? And my thesis was that our readers are odder than you’d think. We now know, following the storming … Continued
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