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Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent

Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent

Executives Share The Best Advice They Ever Got The Brands That Survive Will Be The Brands That Make Life Better We interact with brands almost every moment of our day. From the moment we wake up, we’re being bombarded with logos, advertisements, and products, all designed to make our lives easier but also to make us feel a connection to companies. But most of that work is totally meaningless: most people don’t care about brands, and think that only a few positively impact their lives. The state of brands and how they affect well-being was measured by media consultancy Havas Media. The most tangible outcome of this is that the Meaningful Brands survey--which spoke to 50,000 consumers in France, Spain, the U.K., Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, China, Japan, India, and the U.S. What’s the trick to making a brand meaningful? Haque cites Nike+ as a prime example. But the 10 most positive brands aren’t necessarily the do-gooding corporate entities you might expect: The top 10 are: Ikea Google Nestlé Danone Leroy Merlin Samsung Microsoft Sony Unilever Bimbo

Comment oser demander une augmentation dès maintenant ? - Cadremploi Demander une augmentation de salaire par les temps qui courent ? A première vue, c'est déraisonnable. Pourtant une augmentation de salaire récompense la performance individuelle. Si elle est justifiée, une telle demande requiert néanmoins une bonne dose de préparation. 1 - Choisir le bon moment Il n'y a pas d'usage pour ce type de demande au sein d'une société. « Il est inutile de demander une augmentation si seuls les objectifs fixés ont été atteints. Pour en savoir plus : "Quand faut-il demander une augmentation" 2 - Se mesurer au marché Votre proposition doit être réaliste ? 3 - Affûter ses arguments Du côté de l'employeur, la question est évidente : « Pourquoi augmenter ce collaborateur plutôt que tel autre ? Il est primordial d'accumuler des arguments/éléments factuels, quantitatifs et qualitatifs donc tangibles, permettant de mesurer la performance : économies réalisées, revenus générés, erreurs évitées, augmentation de la productivité... 4- En cas d'avis négatif

10 Top Execs Share Their Social Media Secrets When you're occupying the C-suite, you may not have time to think about tweets, Facebook posts, Foursquare checkins and Pinterest boards. But you should. Social media is an increasingly important tool for building brands, connecting with customers and boosting customer loyalty and engagement. All of these factors can work together to increase awareness of your brand and drive new business. Mashable asked C-suite execs from companies like Virgin, Ford and IBM for their best social media advice, which is listed below, straight from their mouths. Which tip is your favorite? Think About Community "Encourage a social culture: Culture and change management is the foundation of true social business transformation. — Sandy Carter, vice president, social business evangelism and sales at IBM "The thing that I try to stay focused on is what is it that’s resonating with the community. — Drew Patterson, CEO at Jetsetter — Richard Anson, Founder and CEO at Reevoo — Phil Libin, CEO at Evernote — Mr.

Don't Think Different, Think About Different Things - Art Markman by Art Markman | 11:56 AM January 11, 2012 This post is about innovation. But before we get started, imagine the produce area in your local supermarket. Were you able to do it? That seems like a strange question to ask. Now back to innovation. When you need to solve a problem in a new way, you have two options. As I just showed you, pulling information from memory happens effortlessly. To get a sense of what I mean, consider James Dyson. Instead, Dyson realized a vacuum takes in a combination of dust and air and needs to separate the dust from the air. To solve the problem, Dyson focused on its essence. You might immediately think, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Now, think about the core meaning of the first proverb. It turns out that if you practice finding the meanings of proverbs, you can get better at finding the same kind of essential definitions of problems you are trying to solve.

Salaires IT : ingénieurs très spécialisés et commerciaux, négociez! - Cadremploi Voir notre dossier complet. Ils ont beau être très disputés, les cadres informatiques devront plutôt s'attendre à des rémunérations stables par rapport à 2010, dans une logique de rééquilibrage entre les sommets atteints dans les années de boom 2004-2008 et des salaires qui patinent depuis. « La crise a eu pour effet de corriger à la baisse les salaires des nouveaux entrants sur le marché », estime Eric Teston, consultant pour le cabinet spécialisé en recrutement IT XPR-IT. Pour le prévisionniste de l'emploi Cadre, l'Apec, les salaires ne fléchiront donc pas en 2011. « Deux tiers des entreprises IT indiquent que les rémunérations seront supérieures ou égales à 2010 », rapporte Pierre Lamblin, directeur des Etudes et Recherche de l'Apec. Jouer sur le package Les compétences qui comptent Dans un secteur pénurique touché par une crise des vocations, la perle rare sera toujours bien accueillie par les recruteurs IT. Exemples de rémunération (source : cabinet Hudson)

More Visual Communicators Needed There is a sudden burst of interest in visual communication which has identified both a great opportunity and a challenge. Where are you, how does one find you, and what else do you do. I have several great things coming up that all could use more eyes, ears, pens and perspectives. I see this is a wonderful chance to shout out and do my share as social strategist, a connector and an advocate for the doodle revolution. The focus is twofold, building awareness of the value of visual communications (sketch notes, graphic recording, visual recording, facilitation, etc…), and coordinating visual assets from events. So first we need to find where you are? As an avid event attendee/speaker, I notice that a lot of visual assets are being created and not shared, or they are not shared effectively. I am compiling a list to match visual thinkers interested in receiving scholarships to events that are of interest to them in exchange for sketch notes.

K5 - A Mastermind Interview with Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor Of Business Administration, Harvard University (Shortcut) The Mediasite presentation cannot be played back. The requested presentation content can be played using the following plugins:WindowsMedia, Silverlight, Html5 We have detected that your browser supports the following plugins:None 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders and great followers... they possess a wide range of easily-defined—but hard to find—qualities. A few hit the next level. Some employees are remarkable, possessing qualities that may not appear on performance appraisals but nonetheless make a major impact on performance. Here are eight qualities of remarkable employees: 1. When a key customer's project is in jeopardy, remarkable employees know without being told there's a problem and jump in without being asked—even if it's not their job. 2. People who aren't afraid to be different naturally stretch boundaries and challenge the status quo, and they often come up with the best ideas. 3. Remarkable employees know when to play and when to be serious; when to be irreverent and when to conform; and when to challenge and when to back off. 4. 5. 6. An employee once asked me a question about potential layoffs. 7. 8. Great employees follow processes. Forget good to great.

The Role of Social in Innovation Strategy In a recent SAP Community Network post Harun Asad mentioned innovation as one social strategy. In this article he explores the role of social in innovation strategy more broadly, and cites several real-world examples as well as shares some predictions for the future. Most of the attention around social seems to be about marketing. Social for front end innovation (FEI) As I alluded to in my SAP Community Network post on 6 Key Ways to Use Social for Business Impact, FEI is a key area where social is being leveraged. Importantly, this social strategy does not have to be limited to public forums. Similarly, Maria Thompson, Director of Innovation Strategy at Motorola Solutions, and her colleagues are mining social media for customer and market data for insights to spur innovation. Social for ideas management I recently caught up with Vincent Carbone, COO of Brightidea, a leading enterprise software company that helps organizations more effectively and efficiently manage ideas for innovation.

How to maximise your memory If you're revising for an exam, learning a new language, or just keen on maximising your memory for everyday life, here are some strategies that might help … Rehearsal The brain is often likened to a muscle, the suggestion being that if you exercise it, its function will improve. A bodybuilder can strengthen his biceps by repeatedly lifting weights and so, the argument goes, you can improve your memory by repeating over and over to yourself (either out loud or sub-vocally) the information you wish to remember. For years, researchers considered that "rehearsing" information in this way was necessary to retain it in your short-term memory and transfer it into long-term memory. There is evidence that the more an item is rehearsed, the greater the likelihood of long-term retention. 'Elaborative' processing Although many people imagine that actors memorise their lines using rote rehearsal, research conducted by the psychologist Helga Noice suggests that this is not always the case. Mnemonics

Half Sigma: Why a career in computer programming sucks Temporary nature of knowledge capital Let’s being by reviewing what I previously wrote about the four types of human capital. Computer programming is a job that’s heavily dependent on temporary knowledge capital. Even though I haven’t been working in computer programming all that long, I have already seen most of the technologies that I first began working with become relegated to the garbage pile. So what advantage does a 60-year-old .NET programmer have over a 27-year-old .NET programmer when they both have, at most, 5 years of experience doing .NET programming? This assumes that the 60-year-old programmer has even learned .NET programming. Because of the temporary nature of the knowledge capital, computer programmers quickly reach a stage in their career when their old knowledge capital becomes worthless at the same rate as they acquire knew knowledge capital. Other professional fields are not like this. Low prestige Computer programming is a low prestige profession.

Managers Need to Up Their Game with Social Media - Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald by Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald | 11:47 AM March 26, 2012 Using social media to accomplish a meaningful purpose involves more than providing new technology and praying for success. Successful mass collaboration places new requirements on an organization, particularly its managers. While many organizations are technically ready for social media, they should question the readiness of managers to embrace new ways of working collaboratively to achieve social success. Why? Unfortunately, this control is the antithesis of collaboration. While it sounds obvious that managers can compromise collaboration with prescriptive control, the relationship between resources, responsibility, and management is one of the most frequently asked questions in organizations looking to apply social media to achieving meaningful business purposes. Manager as Guide Effective managers in social organizations embrace a different style of management and leadership. Participation.

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