Recently, Yahoo! announced a major policy change that will de-authorize working remotely. Apparent reason: the struggling tech giant thinks it’s missing out on the positive results of face time among their people, forfeiting the creativity and other benefits encouraged by in-person interaction. A quick and widespread outcry has followed this move—not surprising in today’s constant-breaking-news-fanned-by-social-media…
The Law of Compensation II: How to Increase Your Value
In my last blog post, The Law of Compensation: How to Make More in Any Year, I promised to follow up by answering a simple and essential question: How? How do we constantly make ourselves more valuable? As many of my readers know, I think there’s great power in brevity. So, I’ve selected 3 brief…
Are You Blind to Your Biggest Source of Waste?
What’s your largest business operating cost? Materials? Salaries and benefits? We all know that when we reduce business costs, we can have a major impact on the future of our company, so we tend to be tuned into this question. In fact, you probably probably named your answer instantly. Now, pretend I’m your new financial VP, and…