Hitchhiker in the Corner Office

John T. Anderson is the President and CEO of PeopleCube, an organization dedicated to helping its customers manage scheduling and resource management issues through intuitive software solutions. In a recent press release, “PeopleCube Releases Key Predictions for 2008,” Anderson says, “In 2008, we’ll see more companies, universities and other organizations recognized for being environmentally responsible; [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, there’s a sure fire bet you have heard (over and over and over again) of the “going green” movement. Companies and organizations worldwide are recognizing the ever-important concept of sustainability and are each doing their part to ensure all aspects of our lives are earth friendly. So it [...]

Simma Lieberman brings up a very interesting topic in this article. Have we become to politically correct in the workplace? As a minority who never thought of himself as one, I have to ask – “Why all the fake training.” All the programs that I have ever been through before never made an organization any [...]

May just might have been the fifth consecutive months of job cuts in the U.S. Although the nation is definitely not seeing the same type of market reactions that typically occur in the face of a recession, such as deep cuts and massive layoffs, there is negative movement nonetheless. It is expected that during the [...]

In a statement to the press, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson recently said that he expects a faster pace of economic growth before the end of 2008. As we’ve seen with similar economic environments of the past, it is fairly standard in times of new growth for hiring freezes to be lifted as organizations position themselves [...]

It used to be that the smart kids went to graduate school. But today, the workplace is different, and it might be that only the desperate kids go to graduate school. Today there are new rules, and new standards for success. And for most people, graduate school is the path to nowhere. Here are the [...]

The housing market is looking up and Paulson is predicting an economic growth spurt before the end of 2008. So, why is the market not reacting positively? According to a recent article in BusinessWeek, “The housing market may be loosening up a bit, but the consumer mood is the darkest it has been since the [...]

Apple announced Tuesday that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2008 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. This year’s WWDC will showcase the much anticipated new G3 iPhone. But what [...]

If you had never seen the term before, you would probably not guess that the term “brightsizing” has anything to do with organizational layoffs…but it does. Let me introduce you to brightsizing, a not-so distant cousin to downsizing. This is the process wherein organizations layoff members of the employee base, but here’s the kicker: it’s [...]

According to a recent report published by AARP, retirement is a concept that many individuals are finding hard to accept. As many of us dream of the day we get to forget the 40-hour workweek and live in an RV with our significant other as we travel cross-country, why on earth would one not be [...]