ceo
Back-to-back results published by the Economic Policy Institute that show that “In 2005, an average Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was paid 821 times as much as a minimum wage earner, who earns just $5.15 per hour. An average CEO earns more before lunchtime on the very first
leadership
Here is a good place to start to sort out the various perspectives and viewpoints on the concept and practice of leadership. Here is a slideshow that reviews leadership theories in the 20th century.
Ling- English
An author who has had a significant influence on my work (before he won the Nobel prize!) by confirming that the observation of everyday events is a good (though not necessarily "academic") way to start. An excerpt from a paper published recently (in pdf format) on his approach:
Business Communication
During our discussion on hot and cold media, some of you observed that however much more we are "in contact" with people (email, text messaging, instant messaging, etc.), we seem to be less connected. Well, a recent study confirms this. We're networking on myspace.com, sharing
Business Communication
From the McLuhan website (in reference to an earlier post): Actually, the title was a mistake. When the book came back from the typesetter’s, it had on the cover “Massage” as it still does. The title was supposed to have read “The Medium is the Message” but the typesetter
Business Communication
During last Thursday's discussion I brought up Marshall McLuhan's famous quote ("the medium is the message"). Here is the explanation in the author's own words: The message of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that
Business Communication
Last Thursday we discussed the challenges of not letting e-mail take over your schedule and your life. Lisa Haneberg's post brought to my attention these two posts from David Lorenzo. In post 1, called Making the Most out of E-Mail, he shares some new habits he
John Kenneth Galbraith
The next thing, which of course is obvious, is to be aware of the music, the symphony of words, and to make written expression acceptable to the ear. How successfully and how one does that, I don't know. But certainly it is something that has always been a
Business Communication
In fact, however, what I've just said is a bit misleading because it suggests that fully formed thoughts exist in some inner mental space and manage to make it into the outside world when they are clothed in the proper syntactical and lexical forms. But as everyone used
Business Communication
Here is a good short introduction to the Oracle of Omaha. Folksy and brainy has earned him a tangible net worth of over $40 billion, most of which he has just given away to charity. Buffett's annual letters to shareholders are priceless.
Ling- English
Tom Peters in his usual enthusiasm: Big companies understand the importance of brands. Today, in the Age of the Individual, you have to be your own brand. Here's what it takes to be the CEO of Me Inc. From a classic article from 1997 that Seth Godin has