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Does Business Use of Social Media Do More Harm Than Good?

Graham Jones — April 28, 2017 Follow @grahamjones— April 28, 2017 You cannot move for advice on using social media. Almost everywhere you look these days someone (probably me) is sharing information about the power of social media, particularly for businesses – such as the Top 10 Social Media Tools. You can find case histories … Continue reading Does Business Use of Social Media Do More Harm Than Good?

Nice Guys Always Win: Why Having a Heart is Good for Business

Simon Davies — February 27, 2017 Follow @SimonTheoDavies— February 27, 2017 Ruthlessness and competitiveness tend to be attributes associated with individuals in the world of business. This has been typified by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street and Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Meanwhile, kindness is often an afterthought and sometimes seen as an inconvenience. But … Continue reading Nice Guys Always Win: Why Having a Heart is Good for Business

Personality: Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

Katherine A. Sliter — February 14, 2017 — February 14, 2017 Within the talent management community, there is often the perception that having more of a desirable personality trait is always better. After all, if friendly, conscientious individuals do well in a particular role, shouldn’t extra friendly and extra conscientious individuals do extra-extra well? To … Continue reading Personality: Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

Agile Metrics – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Stefan Wolpers — January 1, 2017 Follow @StefanW— January 1, 2017 TL;DR: Agile Metrics Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization. At the team level, qualitative agile metrics typically work better than quantitative metrics. At the organizational level, this is reversed: quantitative … Continue reading Agile Metrics – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly