...presentation, and (c) won’t have access to a version that can be scrutinized later on. Let’s start over. PowerPoint and its competitors are more than packages for developing presentations that...…
“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.” – Slovenian proverb...…
...transition. Translation: Quite a few employees will lose their jobs immediately after we complete the transition. This week’s source asked to remain anonymous to make sure they aren’t among them....…
ManagementSpeak: Our CEO will be stepping down to pursue other interests, effective immediately. Translation: The press uncovered what we’ve known for years. This week’s ManagementSpeak was “ripped from today’s headlines.”...…
...We don’t have time for solutions. I need an answer! Translation: Tell me what I want to hear, immediately! IS Survivalist Greg Linde explains the difference between solutions and answers...…
...on the processes that generate pollution. And when you just dump reports onto your intranet, you make it that much harder to find anything useful, because you’ve made the signal-to-noise...…
...light of day. KJR Club member Kristen Weingartz reports: “I muttered this yesterday and began to chuckle immediately as the words hung over my head like a cartoon thought balloon.”...…
...times and it will become part of your day-to-day vocabulary. Bob’s sales pitch: My “IT 101” series continues on CIO.com with publication of the third and last article about technical...…
...about telephones, and deregulation, and what a pain in the neck it is to negotiate fair contracts with long-distance carriers, and how hard it is to audit telephone bills when...…
...for all employee interactions. They take it wrong. Respecting the chain of command means only assigning work through it … a practice that’s essential for maintaining a healthy organization. Executives...…