“They don’t consider the audience’s motivation. Before I prepare a single line of any talk for any crowd, I ask the organizer ahead of time one question: Why are they there? And I’m not so foolish as to think that they’re there just to see me. “ This is one I see on the training…
“Training is a big part of protecting yourself from phishing attacks. There are a lot of ways to train employees, but giving them a phishing test is pretty standard. Can you recognize a phishing message? There are several free testing sites at OpenDNS or SonicWall.” Think you would always recognize a phishing attempt? Care to…
“When we look closely at the data, a striking pattern emerges. The benefit of having a highly competent boss is easily the largest positive influence on a typical worker’s level of job satisfaction. Even we were surprised by the size of the measured effect. For instance, among American workers, having a technically competent boss is…
According to research from Office Team, 63% of senior managers said their company is “very supportive of their staff’s efforts to achieve work-life balance.” However, only 34% of employees agreed with this statement. I think the disconnect comes from what we tell the people who work for us and what the organization actually requires of them. Let…
In response to this information, and in an effort to better understand productivity, Florida State University Professor K. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues studied “elite performers,” folks who excelled in their field, whether they were musicians, athletes, or chess players. Ericsson discovered that uninterrupted practice in intervals of 90 minutes or less, with breaks in…
I saw the news about the new Macbook and the thing that was all over the reports was the same thing that sort of smacked me across the face, figuratively. The lack of ports for a professional machine. So, as someone who uses a laptop on the road in order to do my job, I…