by Carol Sanford | Jun 14, 2011 | Business Development
There is a loud and escalating cry for businesses to create jobs in order to put people to work—and an equally strong debate about why businesses aren’t doing it and what their responsibility is in periods of high unemployment. This week’s post looks at what...
by Carol Sanford | May 6, 2011 | Business Development
(First Posted to CNBC Executive Career blogs) USA Today reports on the ADP National Employment Report, a trend tracking survey, which says that private payrolls rose in March. Wells Fargo (logo) reports that job growth is mostly in the small firms space, but also at...
by Carol Sanford | Mar 24, 2011 | Business Development
Mar 24, 2011 – This article was first posted at Matthew E. May’s American Express Open Forum Blog. I earlier reviewed Matt’s book, The Shibumi Strategy, with a Q & A here. There is growing appreciation for the idea that social responsibility is...
by Carol Sanford | Mar 10, 2011 | Business Development
Businesses Need to Raise the Bar to Attract Talent. That is the title of a very nice piece in the Financial Times by Michelle Quest, head of People at KPMG. Quest makes several good points but one in particular jumped out at me. When hiring, “you need to pay attention...
by Carol Sanford | Jul 6, 2009 | Business Development
You may, mistakenly, think of consciousness as a subject purely related to contemplation and Eastern spiritual practices and relevant only to far out business founders who meditation. Or maybe to psychology and the working of the brain, only of interest to brain...