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Teri Aulph: Beyond the Cubicle - Corporate Culture
Culturally speaking...are you where you need to be?
"In the last few years I have found myself uncomfortable with the culture. The reason is that the previous management team were at conflict but for the most part in a constructive way. The conservative management style balanced out the creative and public relations areas. There is always going to be conflict but a strong conservative core matching the marketing and creative people would be a good blend."
- Ms Helen Kocemba
Beth Barany: Get Published Now!
The Secret of Author Branding
"I was a bit disappointed with the article. It lacks a personal touch on how Beth came out of the closet and what secrets she can share wus.The article while providing some useful information and good questions to reflect on felt more like a wiki compilation. I wanted to read some concrete examples on how she can help me, as an author, to better brand myself."
- Fabienne Lopez
"Ah, Fabienne, excellent point, and one upon which I will reflect, and share more on at a later date (like perhaps my next column in this space.) I would also challenge you to use the information and see what comes out of it! And as I'm more about questions than answers, I challenge all authors reading this column to answer these questions for themselves. Thanks again Fabienne! I appreciate how you say it like you see it! That is part of YOUR brand. :-)"
- Beth Barany
Rick Itzkowich: Being There When it Counts
How many opportunities are you missing?
"I follow LinkedIn guidelines and my own instincts, and don't accept invitations from people I don't know well. Lots of people ask me to link to them because they see and like my comments in various LinkedIn groups, which I appreciate, but I either don't know anything about them or am not impressed with what I've seen of them in those groups. I understand that I might be limiting my network a bit, but what's the point of linking to someone who doesn't actually know my work? Or whose work I can't recommend?"
- Ruth E. Thaler-Carter
"I have an issue with Linked In's policy regarding sending Link invitations to people you don't know. The way it works, if a hand full of people check the box saying that they don't know you, the system prevents you from sending out any invitations. "This is ridiculous! "If I am at a business function, I am perfectly fine going up to someone I don't know and introducing myself. I don't have to wait for someone to hold my hand and provide an introduction. "You should be able to reach out to anyone in the system and introduce yourself without penalty. If this is a problem for someone, I suppose they could choose to only receive invitations from people they know (which defeats the purpose in my view, but, to each his own). "In the end, if you don't want to accept the invitation, you don't have to. "Strange rule they have on this system to say the least."
- Jeff Flowers
Adam J. Kovitz: Because I Can
Reality, Fantasy and Sustainability, Part 1
"I read this article, and I have some thoughts about how fantasy and reality regarding his reference in the very beginning of the article to the nation's economy of the past year and the jump in unemployment. And, in the article, he makes reference to the Dubai, India economic situation which according to the news reports has resolved itself, rather quickly. "Last year this time, the banking industry was crying because they were in dire need of funds. And, in a year's time, the billions of bailout money has been repaid or about to be repaid by CitiBank, the last bank to repay the federal funds to the federal government, making the bailout less expensive than originally anticipated. The federal dollars are now available to other government functions such as the nation's infrastructure. "When I was reading the article, I wanted to label the banking bailout as the fantasies of the banking industry because funding was tight or failed banks wanted money they lost due to bad deals. Using the money for the banking industry as opposed to the nation's infrastructure may have delayed the actual economic recovery for a year while the banking industry fattened the books, thereby increasing the nation's unemploymnet rate because of the lack of money being spent on a smaller portion of this nation's economy. "And, after a year, the reality of the past year is now evident. The economy did not really improve; it stabilized. The banks that failed because of the high unemployment rate failed; banks like IndyMac and Washington Mutual are gone. There was not enough money funding a smaller portion of the economy - the nation's infrastructure - to effectively help the economy. And now that the TARP money has been repayed, there are additional spending bills on the President's desk waiting to be signed. Funding that may have been delayed a year because of the "fantasies" of the banking industry."
- Anne Taslow
David Muraco: Creating and Managing Effective Teams
Chemistry creates your Teams Destiny
"I agree with David, however, there are managers who are willing to put up with an ego which is not necessarily good for the team because of the income he generates. It is difficult to balance an ego which dominates the team, which brings down the other members and can lead to resentment of the team members hurting the team's overall performance. Either reigning in that ego or finding the egos which enhance the team's performance because they are team players is the key."
- Caroline Hart
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