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Your 'Corporate Jet Set' article of today (June 16, 2011) is a nice follow-up to your own 'JetGreen' article of six years ago (Oct 1, 2005) featuring the same topic; Fay Vincent's op-ed piece (Nov 26, 2008) on federal government officials' use of military jets; and, my letter published by you (Dec 3, 2008) on the use and abuse of corporate parties jets. What goes around comes around; history repeats itself. As chief executives acquire bigger bonuses and more perks, the bragging rights atmosphere Read more [...]

Collaborative software that enabled sharing of updates on projects has existed for a very long time. You can for example send a project update and allow the team meeting to make amendments to the doc, which only the author can accept or reject. Meeting schedules can be posted and allow members to add or amend as the situation changes, and excell models modified by the team on the same basis. I see no great ideas being possed by these new features just more useless bells and whistles that keep Read more [...]

I have hired a lot of people over the years and with different companies. The first thing I wanted to know is if the candidate had the strengths to get the job done. I was always willing to overlook what some would perceive as personal weaknesses in a candidate who had the strengths we needed, because most weaknesses do not get in the way of getting the job done. And I think that I was successful in picking people and created a few world class teams. But sometimes the weaknesses do get in the way Read more [...]

Structuring strategies assist overcome limitations of human problem solving skills. Efficient structuring evaluation strategies logically manage the elements of an issue to assist us analyze each element individually, systematically and sufficiently. In this eBook you will see several powerful instruments to resolve real-world problems. Select the instrument primarily based on the kind of drawback and what the problem solver is seeking. Drawback assertion that defines an issue must take causes Read more [...]

There's a strange phenomenon that happens on daily basis within the business etiquette world. In fact it is so -on the market,' that I guess folks do not even realize that they're doing it. Did you ever carefully hearken to individuals's voicemails. How authentic are they? Do folks know that they don't seem to be following through on their WORD every day- 5, 10, even perhaps 20 times A DAY? -I am on the opposite line, but might be again to you at my earliest convenience.- -I am out of the office Read more [...]

Starting a enterprise is just not a joke. Sure you may need had romantic notions about sitting in an opulent office, with the cool air of the air conditioner blowing in your face. With a hot cup of espresso in your hands, as you look on to the ground filled with customers. With business pouring in and a general congenial air about. Great thought, but it surely might not always come true. You understand that proper? I'm not trying to burst your bubble right here, but just laying down facts. Beginning Read more [...]

-- Featured Comments -- I'm an African American female, and I've always thought the Democrats were more racist than Republicans supposedly were. This remark seems to support my thesis. It's not really the comment here, but the IDEA behind the comment. What were the ideas? * Light skinned black people are far more desirable than dark-skinned ones. This is a carry over from slavery where the lighter-skinned blacks (who were often the children of the slave owner) were given easier jobs than the Read more [...]

-- Featured Comments -- Yesterday, I noted: "http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=504_1305921793 "Much like the fabled Kennedy v Nixon televised debate this scene will be studied and viewed over and over again by body-language experts and presentation gurus; every nuance of MCBigO's pain, irritation and rage will be talked about in great detail, distilled down to tips on how not to behave on camera in difficult situations....i.e. don't appear frozen (for over 3 mins) in the "predatory" pose, ready to Read more [...]

-- Featured Comments -- Considering that most coach seats today are configured for the 5'4" 110 lb person, I am amazed that the level of politeness seen on flights is as high as it is. For any 6' 200 lb male with a shoulder breadth of 19", an hour's flight can be an excruciating experience: 1. in the window seat you're sitting with your torso cocked at a 45 degree angle 2. in the middle seat you're sitting with your elbows locked in your belly button and your shoulders touching each other 3. Read more [...]

-- Featured Comments -- Peak oil? You'll get a lot of push-back from geologists and people like myself who look at oil and gas exploration for a living. I don't believe for a minute we've reached peak oil. Peak oil is economicaly and technologically driven. Fracked gas by the way, targets formations devoid of water, else you ruin the wells. The problems created in gas exploration are largely from poor cement jobs shallow or bad water disposal. That is an entirely different discussion. The environmental Read more [...]