By: PAUL LARUE Have you ever heard of an “absentee leader” or manager? In this era of working remotely, having “commuting executives” who travel from city to city, and leadership that takes on added locations and broader areas, a growing trend has… Continue Reading
By: Michael Simmons It has been over three years since Steve Jobs died. Since then, books have been written and movies have been made. Each has celebrated his legacy and aimed to share the secrets he used to build the largest… Continue Reading
By: Kelly Sheridan Microsoft this week announced several updates to Skype and Skype for Business. Most significant are some new and expanded features in Skype for Business, which are intended to broaden Skype services and make videoconferencing more accessible. [Read more…]… Continue Reading
Canadian condiment lovers turned to social media in waves this week to express their frustration with Loblaws after the company said it would no longer stock French’s ketchup on its shelves. [Read more…] Source: CBC
By: Juli Clover Apple has signed a deal with Google that will see the Google Cloud Platform providing some of the cloud infrastructure for iCloud and other cloud-based Apple services, reports CRN (via Business Insider). Apple reportedly established a $400 to… Continue Reading
By: Dilip Bhattacharjee, Jesus Moreno, and Francisco Ortega Technological advances have made it much easier for companies to understand customers on an individual basis. Even so, engaging with customers is still undertaken largely through personal contact. And there’s no shortcut to… Continue Reading
By: Terry St. Marie On paper, and in your head, you have the best team in the world – and yet, things are not clicking. You feel like you have the “right people on the bus“, but right now, it’s… Continue Reading
Unreliable, slow, unresponsive, inconsistent, doing the bare minimum, checked out. These are just a few of the words you can use to describe a disengaged or underperforming employee. The effect an underperforming employee can have on your team is devastating.… Continue Reading
By: SCOTT MAUTZ Not all forms of Rewards & Recognition (R&R) are created equal. In actuality, as human beings we aren’t profoundly motivated by the tangible reward or recognition itself. It’s about the meaning behind the reward. In fact, an international… Continue Reading
By: Pedro Hernandez Businesses prefer Microsoft over Google when it comes to cloud-based email, but both have a lot of ground left to cover, according to Gartner. [Read more…] Source: eWeek