February 2011
1 post
Easy Living through Nepotism
As time goes on, the thought that organizational knowledge is overtly toxic was popular. Currently, though the mind set that it is a double edged sword fits the topic much more heartily.
At every organization there is dead weight. The woman with the office not quite on the corner that never really produces or is called onto projects. The guy who is in every project meeting but never has...
November 2010
1 post
New Hire Checklists
When new staff comes on board, there are usually default things that need to happen: assign a phone number, computer, email address setup, etc. If these aren’t already formulated and communicated to the entire group, they should be. This allows for everyone to be on the same page as to what each member of the organization should be assigned and what is expected of them. Also during the...
August 2010
1 post
Team Building through Consistency
Today, a large group of my department is out for training. We are divided into three groupings. One whole grouping was out for training.
I walked around the floor and spoke with the three people left on that team who were not in the training.
Employee #1 was left off, then asked by many of us why she wasn’t involved in her team’s training session. Her team lead even asked her...