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Tag Archives: respect for people
Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Leave in IT
Some of the problems expressed in the post linked to are specific to IT, and some are more important in software development (where as I have said before employees have higher expectations of management than most employees do), but many … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Management, Software Development
Tagged management, managing people, respect for people, Software Development
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Job Listings Online Filled with Jargon
The job market is not great, 9.4% unemployment in the USA, and not efficient either. At my full time job, we hired a ruby on rails developer (web programmer) this month, and are looking to hire another. Job listings online … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Management, Software Development
Tagged Career, IT, jobs, respect for people, Software Development
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Pixar Movie Management Magic
Image of Wall-e, from the Pixar film of the same name. Pixar’s secrets on display in ‘Up’ “I think it comes down to two basic things: one is that we’re run by artists. … John Lasseter is a film director, … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Management Articles, Respect
Tagged Customer focus, Innovation, Investing, management, respect for people
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In-N-Out Burger’s Six Secrets for Success
In-N-Out Burger’s six secrets for out-and-out success [the broken link was removed] Listen to Your Customers — One of the company’s mottos is “Our customer is everything.” Applying that belief led to the company policy of preparing burgers just the … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Customer focus, management, managing people, respect for people
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Building a Great Workforce
How P&G Finds and Keeps a Prized Workforce by Roger O. Crockett “We actually recruit for values,” says Chief Operating Officer Robert McDonald. “If you are not inspired to improve lives, this isn’t the company you want to work for.” … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Customer focus, Deming, Innovation, Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Psychology, Systems thinking
Tagged Career, coaching, Customer focus, ethics, Innovation, management, respect for people
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Warren Buffett’s Letter to Shareholders 2009
Warren Buffett published his letter to shareholders yesterday. As usual, it is of great interest to anyone interested in the economic, investing and management ideas. In 1995, MidAmerican became the major provider of electricity in Iowa. By judicious planning and … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Investing, Management, Respect
Tagged Investing, managers, respect for people
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NUMMI, and GM’s Failure to Manage Effectively
Gipsie Ranney recently sent me an article on her thoughts on NUMMI and the current problems with the Big Three car makers to post to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Library. NUMMI is the plant that Toyota and General Motors … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, curiouscat, Deming, lean manufacturing, Management Articles, Manufacturing, respect for people, Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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$60 Million Bonus – For all Staff
This is similar to a story I posted last November: Family Business Gives $6.6 million in Bonuses to Workers. I both cases long time owners sold their company to a foreign buyer and then gave a significant amount of the … Continue reading
Helping Employees Improve
One aspect of managing people is to provide positive feedback and show appreciation. Doing so is important. People benefit from encouragement and reinforcement. In addition to just telling them, take action to show your appreciation. The Dilbert workplace is alive … Continue reading
A Programmer’s View of the Universe
A few weeks ago I wrote about integrating information technology and business process management. This post from Steve Yegge is interesting and discusses one reason I find that a good strategy. Programmers, by and large, are good, practical systems thinkers … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management, Respect, Software Development
Tagged Career, managing people, programming, Psychology, respect for people, Software Development
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