A study conduced by the University of Western Ontario has found that water cooler chats amongst employees boots happiness, engagement and productivity. See Globe & Mail piece on this here. See now you have n excuse to discuss the latest hockey game!
A Globe and Mail article this week continues on the theme I blogged about the other day, Steve Jobs recent stepping down from day to day involvement at Apple and the subsequent share price drop http://paulcopcutt.typepad.com/just_my_toonies_worth/2011/01/why-steve-jobs-personal-brand-damages-apple.html about how the personal brand of the head of the company can effect the success of the organization. Read the Globe article by clicking here also some interesting comments about the title that the journalist chose for the article – perhaps… Read More »Celebrity CEO’s and their personal brands – continued……
One of my clients career building ideas was featured in a recent article in Money Magazine and has just gone online at CNN.Money – you can read the full article here How to step up your career this year.
The great thing about Baskin Robbins, as far as my kids think, is that technically they can try all 31 flavours of ice cream before making a purchasing decision. When people are considering you for that next great job, promotion or contract they may not be considering 31 candidates or competitors, but unless you have been giving them a little flavour for your brand on a regular basis, you may… Read More »Have you pink spooned someone today?
The news yesterday that Steve Jobs will taking another forced health leave of absence from Apple again had a negative effect on the company share price. The US stock market was closed for a holiday and the company is announcing latest results today, so you can be sure the timing of this was not coincidence, more a hope that good results news will counter the bad to some extent. That was… Read More »Why Steve Jobs personal brand damages Apple
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Today in the US is a holiday, Martin Luther King day, a great example of a personal brand – he had Vision, Purpose, Values and Passions – 4 key elements to a strong personal brand, what Simon Sinek calls his WHY?. The fact… Read More »“I have a dream…….”
Certainly many people know of the Bellagio fountains, enjoy the show…….
Just before winter started (or at least was meant to start) we ordered some new winter jackets and ski pants for the kids and we ordered then via L.L. Bean. A few weeks earlier we switched our TV to Bell satelite. The L.L. Bean order arrived promptly and one pair of pants was on back order and one jacket was the wrong size. A replacement was sent out the… Read More »Why Bell Canada Will Never Be Successful – and L.L. Bean will continue to be.
On my flight back to Toronto from Las Vegas I was talking with someone who attended the Consumer Electronics Show – the largest trade show that takes up all of the Las Vegas Convention Center and several local hotels. We talked about what was there and what was new. He said it took he and a colleague three days to 'walk the show' and even then they did not make… Read More »Why CES Doesn’t Matter
So my first ever visit to Las Vegas has come to an end, three positive and negative reflections; Positives There is certainly not a shortage of visual stimulation, bright lights, shows, even the old game of people watching – many at no cost! Its interesting and often fun. The city and those working in the tourist industry know how to 'sell' Vegas, the customer service was good and people friendly… Read More »Would you like chips with that?