Entrepreneurship & US
% of Chinese who say they intend to start a business within the next 3 years= 23
% of Colombians and Americans, respectively, who say this= 57, 7
source: (4-2010 harpers index)
03/12/2011
06/11/2009
» "Women Are More Likely to Be Perfectionists" - HBR DailyStat
Harvard Business online’s daily stat newsletter
03/19/2009
» 10 Business Words to Ban - David Silverman
I am a notorious user of ‘and/or’ specifically for the reasons Silverman mentions in this article (see link). Quick, recommended reading.
02/06/2009
“ 10 out of 11 good to great companies had CEOs who were from the inside, not hired to save the company (by getting an outsider). „
Jim Collins Good to Great
02/05/2009
Executive Compensation Driving Greatness? Not quite…
According to the book Good to Great, executive compensation does not drive success or greatness (shocker - note my sarcasm), Collins breaks down the, “factors that didn’t matter in great companies: executive compensation and Technology.” He later elaborates on the technology influence as, “never primary in igniting good to great transformation.”
Another interesting note along those lines, Collins admits that companies shouldn’t have to focus on how to motivate employees. “Great companies paid scant attention to motivating employees.” Lesson here: if your employees aren’t already motivated and empowered about their job at your company, you may have gotten the “wrong people on the bus….”
