An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments
November 19, 2009 – 7:27 pm | One Comment
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments

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Individuals, departments, and companies must track their performance in order to have a baseline and comparator for improvement over time. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the baseline of understanding needed to determine performance metrics and will keep …

Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss of employee productivity?
September 29, 2009 – 6:02 am | One Comment
Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss of employee productivity?

If you review email as it arrives in your inbox, you are lowering your productivity. Email can be as much of a distraction or lure as YouTube or online shopping for many employees.
Email as a medium of …

Texting while driving, then starting looking for a new job
September 16, 2009 – 8:35 pm | One Comment
Texting while driving, then starting looking for a new job

Texting and other distracted driver situations seem to be catching the spotlight these days as news agencies continue to report on accidents involving distracted drivers almost daily. Not too long ago the big story was a train driver …

Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?
September 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm | One Comment
Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

Who needs to show commitment first, the company to a new employee or the new employee to the company? By new employee, I mean any person who is newly working for a company as an …

Win a Free Copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
September 5, 2009 – 7:46 pm | 2 Comments
Win a Free Copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

I am reading Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, and I want to share the book with you!  Register for a chance to receive a new copy of David Allen’s book.
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KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril
September 5, 2009 – 3:02 pm | One Comment
KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril

KPIs stands for “Key Performance Indicators” and are a mechanism by which individuals, departments and companies track their performance. If you do not have a good baseline and understanding of basic performance metrics, you will …