The Ten Most Annoying Management Terms Of 2011 We are nearly at the end of 2011 and another year of mayhem behind. We will be judging our 2011 Non-Predictions and trying to dream up some new ones for 2012 in the next fortnight or so but this week we have been able to get some long needed admin done. With it came a realisation that even if the financial industry is suffering the creative management community has been in full swing dreaming up new terms and phrases to camouflage the blindingly obvious. The evolution of ‘management speak’ means some phrases die and some survive and flourish. TMM really don't know what determines the success of one term or phrase over another other than, as with the arts, adoption and patronage by the most respected in the field. TMM hope that this year’s rash of newcomers all die off naturally but we would like to help with a shove into their deserved obscurity. So here are TMM's top ten annoying phrases of 2011 (even if some are older) that we would like to see the back of. Happy New Year
10 Things Employers & Recruiters Want from You Every job hunter has the same question: What do employers look for, and how can I best show I’ve got “it?” A few days ago, I attended a panel discussion for career coaches led by three of the leading recruiters in Greater Boston. Each recruiter had the assignment of explaining their view of today’s hiring environment, what employers are looking for, and then to give a few tips for candidates. The recruiters deal with different specialties, including: Human Resources, Medical Devices, Information Technologies (IT), and Marketing. Nonetheless they agreed on one thing: Five years ago, if an employer listed a job with 8-10 bullet points of “requirements,” a candidate might have been hired if he/she only had 3-4 of them. It comes as no surprise they all report both recruiters and companies are being inundated by resumes, as more people are chasing fewer and fewer jobs. What Employers Want To Hear: Things Recruiters Want To Hear: I offer an initial free consultation to any job hunter.
Scelgo l’America, parola di Paolo Privitera | Next: il magazine sul futuro Pubblicato da Federico Guerrini in Interviste Dall’Italia, all’America e ritorno. La storia di Paolo Privitera, partito dalla provincia di Venezia per cercare fortuna prima nella Grande Mela e poi a Los Angeles e San Francisco, è una storia di caparbietà, capacità di adattarsi, gusto per l’avventura. Una storia che potrebbe servire d’esempio per tanti che stanno pensando di mollare gli ormeggi perché non si sentono valorizzati nel proprio contesto socio-lavorativo. Oggi Paolo coordina l’ideazione e lo sviluppo di una serie di start-up che offrono servizi su Internet, l’ultima delle quali si chiama Doochoo, ed è un progetto piuttosto ambizioso di aggregazione delle opinioni degli internauti, che si articola in una serie di spin-off. Perché te ne sei andato dall’Italia, nove anni fa, per andare in America? Avevi qualche contatto in loco? Però non sei rimasto a New York… Dopo tre mesi sarei dovuto tornare in Italia, ma mi son detto: no, ho assaggiato l’antipasto, adesso voglio il resto.
How I Stopped Romanticizing Leadership And Learned To Be A Manager by Linda Hill & Kent Lineback | 9:40 AM December 14, 2011 One of Kent’s friends — we’ll call him Roy — is a master craftsman who owns a small business that makes custom wood furniture. After making some cutbacks in 2009, his little company still employs three fine woodworkers, an office supervisor/customer service rep, and an apprentice. What makes Roy unusual is that when he founded his firm a dozen years ago, he realized he knew nothing about business. What he’s learned in the past few years is that, as he says, “I’m a leader, not a manager. Management vs. leadership — it’s a distinction we all hear over and over these days. Some years ago, management was the more inclusive term and included leadership — along with motivating, planning, communicating, organizing and the like — as one of many functions necessary to make groups of people productive. Most writers about leadership then and now explicitly note the continuing importance of management.
Why You Didn’t Get An Interview Crying in your beer This is a bummer of a job market for librarians, and if you’re fresh out of library school you are probably crying in your beer, wondering why you didn’t get a degree in something practical and career-oriented, like medieval cookery. But a few months back a newish librarian asked me in frustration why she was having a hard time getting interviews — let alone job offers — and we chatted back and forth on Facebook. Let me attempt to sum up what I shared. The job market sucks. Employers seek a known quantity. Your c.v. and cover letter need work. This question is important not only for what you say, but how you say it. Take your c.v. and cover letter to a mentor or friend and make sure they really sing to the position you are applying for–and that they are typo-free. Probably the most frequent issue I see in cover letters is a failure to address the responsibilities of the position. You are not the main event. May I offer one key tip? Plus, see above, TJMS.
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time - Tony Schwartz by Tony Schwartz | 8:53 AM March 14, 2012 Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)? The biggest cost — assuming you don’t crash — is to your productivity. But most insidiously, it’s because if you’re always doing something, you’re relentlessly burning down your available reservoir of energy over the course of every day, so you have less available with every passing hour. I know this from my own experience. If you’re a manager, here are three policies worth promoting: 1. 2. 3. It’s also up to individuals to set their own boundaries. 1. 2. 3.
Sept règles d’or pour souder son équipe En entreprise comme sur un terrain de foot, il ne suffit pas d’aligner des vedettes pour gagner. Sans confiance mutuelle, sans vision commune, pas de performance ! Le boulot du manager est d’allumer et d’entretenir cette flamme collective. Raymond Domenech ou l’antimodèle managérial… "Lors de la dernière Coupe du monde, il a enchaîné les pires contresens, déstructurant totalement l’équipe", analyse Lionel Bellenger, maître de conférences à HEC et auteur de "Comment managent les grands coachs sportifs" (ESF). Dès le premier match des Bleus en Afrique du Sud, le sélectionneur cède aux caprices de Franck Ribéry, qui exige d’évoluer à gauche du terrain. Selon Lionel Bellenger, Domenech a commis sept erreurs fatales : maintien de joueurs en situation d’échec, ambiguïté du discours, faible autorité, versatilité, déni des responsabilités, choix de l’isolement, inconsistance. 1. Parmi les sujets à aborder, la question des réunions.
How not to get hired: Bring your cockatoo to the interview You might have heard an urban legend about a job seeker who goes on a lunch interview with his potential boss. When the meal arrives, the job seeker sprinkles salt on his food before tasting it. Immediately the employer knows she has no interest in hiring this man. The job seeker isn’t flexible but he is presumptuous. No one wants to hire a rigid worker. If you think about the persnickety habits of employers who don’t have time to waste on unqualified candidates, the story doesn’t seem too outrageous. Apparently not all job seekers know this. Staffing firm Robert Half asked hiring managers to recount some of the most outstanding interview mistakes they’ve experienced or heard of, and the answers are almost unbelievable. Some mistakes were peculiar: “The candidate sent his sister to interview in his place.” Some were odd violations of interview etiquette: “When asked by the hiring manager why she was leaving her current job, the applicant said, ‘My manager is a jerk.
"Makers", gli artigiani che progettano il futuro Dalla cultura digitale sta nascendo una nuova generazione di creativi. Capaci di rivoluzionare oggetti e mercato, Una rivoluzione che, secondo gli esperti, manderà in pensione le aziende dell'era industriale di RICCARDO LUNALA NUOVA rivoluzione industriale che bussa alle porte dell'Italia si è annunciata con un colpo di cannone. Dentro la Casa Bianca, accanto allo Studio Ovale del Presidente. È accaduto qualche giorno fa. Barack Obama aveva invitato i giovani talenti che avevano vinto gare scientifiche di ogni tipo. Dicono che questa dei "maker" sarà la nuova rivoluzione industriale. In questi tre anni con le stampanti 3D è stato stampato ogni cosa. Il futuro, secondo Doctorow, è quindi di società come Local Motors: nata a sud di Boston ha progettato e realizzato un auto da corsa con il contributo creativo di migliaia di appassionati. Questo è un aspetto cruciale adesso che decine di venture capital si avvicinano a un settore dove intravedono possibilità di guadagno.
Is Starting A Business Safer Than Your Job? [Infographic] What's Better - Getting a Job or Starting a Business? With a slow economy, many people have turned to entrepreneurship as a means to pay the bills. Which begs the question, what’s better today — getting a job or starting a business? We dug deep to find out the numbers and have compared the risk of starting a business to keeping a job. What do you think? Small Business Loans Made Simple Create a Free Lendio Account Overview “Laid off? “True entrepreneurs reduce risk to the point that action becomes quite logical.” Unemployment Rate: 9.1% 26% of North American workers are self-employedIn 2008 on average 2,356 people went into business for themselves every day.Their ventures accounted for 78% of U.S. businesses SELF-EMPLOYMENT There are only four paths toward business ownership: Start a business from scratchBecome a consultantBuy a non-franchise businessBuy a franchise (the most secure choice) Among the fastest-growing industries are: Reemployment figures: To reduce risk: Incorporated Self-Employed
Time is More Valuable than Money Most people look at their bank accounts with great attention and assess how much money they have to spend, to invest, and to give away… But, they don’t look at their time the same way, and end up wasting this incredibly valuable resource. In fact, time is much more valuable than money because you can use your time to make money, but you can’t use money to purchase more time. Time is the great equalizer… Each day has only 24 hours - nobody has any more than anyone else. Everyone, from poets to presidents, fills those hours, one after the other, until they are all filled up. Every single minute is unique, and once gone, can never be regained. When you look at someone who has accomplished a lot, you can be pretty sure that he or she has spent considerable amounts of time mastering the required skills, filling hours upon hours with hard work. I teach a course on creativity and innovation at Stanford University. Another example is venture capitalist Fern Mandelbaum.
Intervista con Fabrizio Capobianco di Funambol è fondatore di , società nata in Italia e trasferitasi nella Silicon Valley dove è cresciuta globalmente e ha compiuto con successo diversi round di finanziamento per oltre 30 milioni di dollari. Fabrizio ormai è emigrato in pianta stabile negli Stati Uniti e ha racconto in diverse occasioni la sua avventura e la sua visione imprenditoriale. Per esempio, nel 2009 in un’intervista con Mario Palombi ( video ) e nel 2011 intervenendo alla tappa fiorentina di Telecom Italia ( video ). Nella chiacchierata che abbiamo fatto la settimana scorsa, sono voluto entrare un po’ più nel dettaglio dell’esperienza da imprenditore: Funambol è la mia terza azienda: io sono quello che in America definiscono un imprenditore seriale. Agli inizi, la scelta più importante è stata quella dei soci. Dopo quelle esperienze mi sono ripromesso di fare impresa con persone che conoscevo da almeno 10 anni, per cercare di non avere sorprese. Abbiamo avuto diversi momenti duri. Per questo gli advisor sono fondamentali.