May 17, 2006

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Everyone likes to be recognized for a job well done. To make the most impact, the act of recognizing an employee has to take into account seven different considerations in order to be effective, genuine, and fully appreciated:

• Contingency
  Contingency relates to how closely recognition is linked to desired behavior or performance. Contingent recognition is given only when an employee exhibits some sort of desired behavior or performance, such as when an employee handles a difficult customer request or completes a project on time.

Dear John:

I have hired a real prima donna. His name is Rodney and he is admittedly a creative genius. Before he came here, he was a budding inventor and an entrepreneur. He spent several years on his own, on a product that he developed and had patented, and that appeared to hold the promise of fame and fortune. He also spent those years as a loner, by choice. (read more...)

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As fast as the video content phenomena is sweeping across the web and transforming the media landscape, I think it’s safe to say that the upheaval is just beginning, which is incredible when you consider some of the following statistics: YouTube, a site that allows its community of users and viewers to upload video content, receives 35,000 video uploads every single day and delivers 35 million video views every single day. ROO, an online broadcast company, announced its first video ‘upfront’ for advertisers, the first such event for online video. Rocketboom, one of the web’s most popular video blogs, has 250,000 visitors a day. Internet video ads generated $225 million in advertising revenue in 2005, and IDC forecasts that internet video services will grow to become a $1.7 billion market by 2010. But as impressive and formidable as these numbers are, I believe the full weight of what is happening with online video is even underestimated... (Read More)

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