Benton Barnett

I found this on the internet: The 5 Reasons You're Failing In Social Media

1. You really don't want to engage directly with customers, employees, etc.—you just want them to hear what you have to say.

2. You're not ready to create new roles, update process, re-distribute resources and budgets, re-train people, and revise old policies.

3. Social media actually threatens how you make money—but you pay lip service out of fear.

4. Politics.

5. You see it as a career advancing opportunity as opposed to a significant business transformation.

Reverse any of these, and you've likely improved your chances of succeeding in a business environment that's becoming increasingly powered by people.

Need to take a diving save to keep from losing a valuable team member? This article should help: A Story About Motivation

Then we need to tap into their deeper motivation. Ask them: Why are you doing this work? What moves you about it? What gives you the satisfaction of a job well done? What makes you feel good about yourself?

People tend to think of themselves as stories. When you interact with someone, you’re playing a role in her story. And whatever you do, or whatever she does, or whatever you want her to do, needs to fit into that story in some satisfying way.

I found this on the internet: It’s not a promise, it’s a guess

When you treat estimates as promises instead of guesses, you bind your worth as a worker to it. If you do not meet your own deadline, you are a failure. And since nobody likes to be a failure, they’ll indulge in risky behavior to avoid it, like burning the midnight oil and checking in bad code with shanty or no tests.

I found this on the internet: Betting Against The Sure Thing

I think that holding your online relationships to a high standard, and limiting the quantity of relationships that you maintain, could ultimately provide more business value for the brand.

I found this on the internet: Another too long Formspring answer: Timesheets

Ask yourself: do you want to know how your employees spend their hours, or do you want to PRETEND you know how your employees spend their hours? If you want to PRETEND you know, then by all means use timesheets. If you want to actually know, and that’s your only motivation, a timesheet will not, under any circumstances, provide this information. This is a stone cold, inalienable fact of life.