Archive | January, 2008

Staff meetings

Too many organizations have only one kind of regular meetings, often called a staff meeting. Either once a week or twice a month, people get together for an hour or so of randomly focused discussion about everything from strategy to tactics, from administrative to culture. In the end, little is decided because the the participants [...]

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New Policies :-)

Dress code: You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financially and therefore you do not need a raise. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, [...]

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Stay home!

We’ve all woken up feeling awful, our heads cloudy and our bodies aching. Yet, when we really should be taking care of ourselves by staying in bed, we instead go to work. This results in a longer period of illness along with spreading our germs to everyone else. So Mr. Manager dude, you are responsible [...]

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