Sep
15
Technology is Everybody’s Responsibility / Green Energy Technology
September 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Often, in social conversations, I listen to people saying that the solution to our Energy Crisis lies in discovering or creating new Technology that will enable us to be more efficient, greener, or produce safe/clean energy cheaper. More often than not these people are nor scientists or engineers. More often than not I get the [...]
Sep
11
Best Work Under Pressure?
September 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Many people have told me: “I do my best job under pressure!”.
I always wonder what this means? For many years, I did wondered which one of these does it means:
The adrenaline makes me produce the best results, without errors, and with careful attention to details that avoid costly reparations?
I don’t do too much/any work without [...]
Sep
9
Employee or Partner ? – Why Employees Earn Less
September 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Good, responsible small business owners tend to want to share the whealth and success with their contractors and employees: sometimes even much more than the contractors and employees deserve. At least that is what I have observed.
At a particular point in time I was having an extremely profitable moment in my practice. An ex subordinate, [...]
Jun
27
The Individual Contributor Trap
June 27, 2007 | Comments Off
Companies say that their biggest asset is their people – something that is ironic, as assets are things with a price tag on it and can be traded or exchanged as needed. Companies depend mostly on the hard work of two groups of people: the Individual Contributors and top level management (Executive VPs and CEO). [...]
Apr
22
Salary Differences
April 22, 2007 | 3 Comments
For years it has been argued that women get a lower salary than men even when they hold the same position, or even show the same results. In the case of the same position there can be an argument about how hard two different persons work or succeed at the tasks given, regardless of [...]
