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Dell's CFO resigns
2008-05-19 19:50:00
Donald J. Carty, who was just hired as chief financial officer of Dell, will be resigning in June and will be replaced by longtime General Electric executive Brian T. Gladden. Mr. Gladden stated that he was excited to be joining Dell at a time of transformation, and considering the $700,000 annual base salary along with the $2 million signing bonus (amongst other monetary perks), we highly doubt he's fibbing. It should be noted that the Round Rock powerhouse will keep Carty on its board, and that he actually indicated several months ago that he wanted to retire as CFO. source : CNET

AMD Fired Two Execs
2008-05-12 20:02:00
AMD Fired Two Execs. Last month, the company fired CTO Phil Hester and said they would have to cut 1,680 jobs because of mounting losses and weak revenues. But this time, firing (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080512/200805120 06263.html?.v=1) two of their executives Mario Rivas, EVP and head of computing solutions, and Michel Cadieux, chief talent officer. What's interesting here is that their Talent Officer was included. Additionally, AMD created a new central engineering organization, and promoted Randy Allen, the former head of the server business to take Rivas’ place.
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Facebook’s 23-year-old CTO Adam D'Angelo is leaving
2008-05-12 00:48:00
Facebook’s 23-year-old CTO Adam D'Angelo is leaving The 23-year-old Adam D'Angelo, Faceboook's CTO for the social-networking site, will be leaving the company to take some extended time off. He has known Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg since high school and has been working close with Mark since Facebook's inception. Moreover, according to reports that D'Angelo wrote a letter to Facebook staff about the sudden move last friday, and that bold move by D'Angelo was just in time when the rumore errupted that Facebook is borrowing $100 Million because it can't sell stocks. Anyway, a lot hopped that such move was just a mere coincidence. Additionally, Facebook won't be replacing D'Angelo's role as Facebook’s CTO but they are considering a VP for engineering for the meantime to do D'Angelo's stuffs.
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Singaporean's worried over fast-growing foreign workforce population.
2008-05-08 23:51:00
Singaporean's worried over fast-growing foreign workforce population. According to reports from Singapore, most Singaporean workforce are now worried over the fast-growing foreign workforce population wherein a larger number of this foreign workforce population are coming from China. This trend has greatly affected the locals and their present jobs. Some of the locals have even lamented that these foreign nationals have come to take away their jobs wherein a greater number of aged employees were being replaced by the younger ones coming from China. Actually, the government saw it in different way. All of this can be attributed to the government initiative that took effect last year when Singapore relaxed its rules to allow more immigration of which a large percentage are coming from China to staff its service industries, part of its measures to address an acute labor shortage resulting from a boom in the construction, marine, manufacturing and services sectors. Hence, beginning...
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Chief Blogging Officer is now a trend
2008-05-06 20:59:00
Chief Blogging Officer is now a trend. Fact is Companies are keen to engage consumers in the blogosphere, and today, just more than 11 percent of Fortune 500 companies have corporate blogs. According to a report presented by Workforce.com, today, just more than 11 percent of Fortune 500 companies have corporate blogs, according to SocialText, and only a handful have a designated chief blogger. The number of corporate blogs has risen slowly and steadily since the end of 2005, when just 4 percent had any kind of blog. So is Cheif Blogging Officer a desired positions for some bloggers and a must to companies right now just to take care of our online reputation or just an overhyped idea? Well, as you can see Companies such as Coca-Cola, Marriott and Kodak have recently recruited chief bloggers, with or without the actual title, to tell their stories and engage consumers. With these current paradigm we can now conclude that blogging in the corporate world really plays a vital role. Wh...
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Sutherland Global Services Inc., hoped to provide 7,000 more jobs in the Ph
2008-05-05 19:28:00
Sutherland Global Services Inc., hoped to provide 7,000 more jobs in the Philippines. According to reports (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnew s/infotech/view/20080505-134706/Arroyo-la unches-BPO-firm-in-Camarines-Sur), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday formally launched the Sutherland Global Services Inc., an international business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, at the Camarines Sur Information Technology Park located in the village of Cadlan PILI, Camarines Sur, Philippines. Moreover, Sutherland is currently the biggest company at the IT park, with two facilities located in Makati and at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga and already hiring 400 employees since its soft launch in December 2007 in Camarines Sur alone. Lastly, they have currently employed 6,000 people across the Philippines and that makes them a really hot commodity in the Philippines today particularly in Camarines Sur Information Technology Park.
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360 Degree Appraisal - the way ahead
2008-05-05 03:48:00
360 Degree Appraisal - the way ahead By Indranil Banerjee The new Business year has started and it is the time to corporate HR work upon performance of individuals during preceding year and start redesigning appraisal system for coming year. During Last few years at every level of the Corporate, irrespective of stream, age and other demographic heterogeneity the buzzword is “Performance”. And as more and more the individual performance is being aligned with performance of the unit one attached with, the old aged issues like personal preference or biasness of supervisor to subordinate murmuring across. The industries find out solution at this age of LPG to get a wholesome picture of ones’ performance curbing out the much talked about menaces of conventional performance appraisal of feedback process between employee and supervisor/s. With the increased focus on teamwork, employee development, and customer service, the emphasis has shifted from individualistic Super...
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Convergys bragged $716.4 million Q1 revenues
2008-05-02 11:50:00
Convergys bragged $716.4 million Q1 revenues. Worth the brag! Hottest and the most admired (personal claim) BPO in the Philippines to date has reported $716.4 million in first quarter revenues. Now guys who belong to this contact center desserve the reward unlike other contact centers who just lost big accounts. Actually in Cebu, Convergys Corp. is one of the most admired contact centers here. If you're to ask agents their preferred employer most likely they'll tell you Convergys is their preferred choice. If I am to rank these callcenters Convergys would be the first followed by eTelecare then we have People Support. Moreover, I just hope Google would pursue the rumored plans of acquiring Expedia so that People Support can brag again that they have a new hot account.
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US jobless rate falls
2008-05-02 11:26:00
US jobless rate falls. Yes, you heard it right! US unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent according to US Labor Department. Ain't bad though. Recently, we've been hearing a lot of job hiring freeze, companies cutting bonuses and retrenchment by various big companies, but this news came very surprising to most jobseekers and curious followers. According to reports, for the fourth month in a row, the economy lost jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. But in April the losses totaled 20,000, an improvement from the 81,000 reductions in payrolls logged in March. Job losses for both February and March turned out to be a bit deeper than previously reported. This might be ironic or unconvincing to everyone, but this news surely gave hope to everyone that America is really coping up.
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Sun Microsystems to cut jobs
2008-05-01 20:03:00
Sun Microsystems to cut jobs. Just recently Sun announced that they'll be cutting jobs because of unprofittable quarter. Well, as you've checked my recent post some of the companies right now have'nt performed as expeceted. Worst, they've been kicking asses and cutting jobs just to survive. As per announcement, the server and software company on Thursday announced grim results for its fiscal third quarter, which ended March 30, that showed declining revenue and a swing to a net loss. Sun Chief Financial Officer Mike Lehman also said the company will cut 1,500 to 2,500 jobs. The company had 34,400 employees at the end of the quarter. The U.S. economy presented Sun with significant challenges in the third quarter, masking our progress in developing nations and economies across the world, said Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz in a statement. Sun reported a net loss of $34 million, or 4 cents per share, a decline from net income of $67 million in the year-earlier quarter; the...
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Continental CEO got nearly $6 million in compensation last year
2008-04-29 20:18:00
The chief executive of Continental Airlines Inc. Lawrence W. Kellner's got compensation the company valued at nearly $6 million in 2007, down 9.3 percent from the year before, according to an analysis of a regulatory filing Friday. But about one-third of Lawrence W. Kellner's compensation was in stock and option grants, which are worth much less today than they were when granted in February 2007. Continental earned $459 million last year but its stock fell 46 percent as airlines faced an uncertain future due to record high fuel prices and the threat of recession. Read the rest of the story here..
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3Com got a new CEO after failed buyout
2008-04-29 19:24:00
Robert Mao replaced Edgar Masri as chief executive of 3Com Corp after a failed buyout. In fact, the press release from 3Com did not offer a reason for COM (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?sy mb=COM source=story_quote_link)) announced plans to be acquired and taken private in a $2.2 billion buyout led by Bain Capital Partners and a Chinese partner. Unfortunately, the deal eventually collapsed amid the U.S. government's national security concerns about a possible transfer to China of sensitive technology.
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GM to lay off 3,550 at 4 pickup truck and SUV factories
2008-04-29 05:54:00
GM to lay off 3,550 at 4 pickup truck and SUV factories. After Motorola's announcement to stop giving bonuses to its employees (http://careerclub.com.ph/index.php?optio n=com_content task=view id=164 Itemid=1), GM followed. Due to high gasoline prices and an economic downturn, the world's largest automaker announced Monday that it plans to cut one shift each at pickup truck and large sport utility vehicle plants in Flint and Pontiac, Mich.; Janesville, Wis.; and Oshawa, Ontario, resulting in about 3,550 layoffs. GM said it will make about 88,000 fewer pickups and 50,000 fewer big SUVs this calendar year because of the cuts. The layoffs represent just over 4 percent of GM's hourly manufacturing work force of about 80,000 in North America. Actually, the announcement came after stock markets closed. GM shares rose 56 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $21.94 Monday, then lost 3 cents in after-hours trading. GM expects the layoffs to begin July 14 at the Flint, Janesville and Pontiac pla...
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Facebook, Orkut and Myspace as a new hunting ground for your hiring needs.
2008-04-28 04:20:00
This case is not actually new to seasoned and proactive recruiters, but still worth the review to encourage other recruiters and employer representatives to look into. According to reports, a significant number of people are now using the social network sites such as Facebook , Orkut Myspace for work-related tasks which include research on potential employees and generating new business touch points, a report by global HR firm Manpower stated. In fact, almost 83 % of people studied logging on to stay in touch with friends through them. While, 17 % use the sites to research for potential employers, 10 % for networking and generating new business leads and 17 % for other work-related reasons. The logic behind here is that recruiters a like are changing the rules on whom to recruit and how to recruit. Decades ago we recruiters are trapped on the idea that we only need to recruit active job seekers and forget about the passive majority of the population. Others have also failed to ...
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Porsche files complaint over suspected spy attempt on CEO
2008-04-28 00:58:00
Industrial espionage or corporate espionage is espionage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage) conducted for commercial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce) purposes instead of national security (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_se curity) purposes, hence, Porsche files complaint over suspected spy attempt on CEO after the microphone end of a baby-monitoring system was discovered behind a sofa in a hotel suite a day before last year's meeting of the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG. Moreover, according to reports the German luxury carmaker Porsche SE has filed a criminal complaint with authorities regarding a suspected attempt to eavesdrop on chief executive Wendelin Wiedeking, the company said Sunday. So who's the culprit? Actually, Porsche holds 31 percent of the shares of Volkswagen AG and is seeking a majority stake. The government of Lower Saxony, also holds a stake in Volkswagen. So basically Porsche is locked in a battle with both VW and Lower Saxony over its...
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AOL CMO John Burbank Out After 10 Months now CMO for Nielsen
2008-04-27 07:26:00
John Burbank AOL's CMO has just resigned after 10 months of working with AOL after coming aboard from AT T (http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2007/ 06/aol-names-john-burbank-chief-marketing -officer). He's jumping to another embattled company -- Nielsen . According to Nielsen's PR... John Burbank Named Chief Marketing Officer for The Nielsen Company NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nielsen Company today announced that John Burbank has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective May 9, 2008. Burbank, who is currently Chief Marketing Officer for AOL, will report to Susan Whiting, Executive Vice President of the Nielsen Company. In his new position, Burbank will be responsible on a company-wide basis for the Company's strategic marketing, business development, market insights, brand development, communications and knowledge management functions. As we continue to integrate our world class research businesses under the wel...
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No more bonuses for Motorola employess.
2008-04-26 03:59:00
According to SEC filling, On April 21, 2008, the Compensation and Leadership Committee of the Board of Directors of Motorola , Inc (http://www.motorola.com/). approved the cancellation of the 2006-2008 performance cycle and the 2007-2009 performance cycle under the Company’s Long Range Incentive Plan of 2006 without the payment of awards for such performance cycles. Ain't new and ain't shocking if your following Motorola's performance since last quarter. Actually, this is just an effect after Motorola reported $7.45 billion in Q1 sales, down 21% year-over-year and missing the Street's $7.75 billion consensus. The struggling cellphone maker posted a $194 million loss, or 9 cents per share, worse than its $181 million loss during Q1 2007. On top of that Motorola will take a $104 million pre-tax hit in Q1 (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtm l?c=90829 p=irol-SECText TEXT=aHR0cDovL2NjYm4uMTBrd2l6YXJkLmNvbS94 bWwvZmlsaW5nLnhtbD9yZXBvPXRlbmsmaXBhZ2U9N TU4Mzc4MiZhdHR...

Self-sabotage...
2008-04-24 20:00:00
This is a guest post by Pradeep Mahesh (Maheshwari) (http://www.ryze.com/go/Lifepragmatic) from New Delhi, India. We start a business or take up a job with the full intention of succeeding in our endeavor. Yet we manage to fail in many of our undertakings. Is it possible that we are ourselves to blame and the fault is in the self-sabotage that we may be practicing? It sounds ludicrous but we may be doing exactly that – albeit unknowingly. In case you are the boss; in whichever capacity that maybe, begin with the question “Am I stifling my junior? Am I always there, looking over his shoulder and catching his each and very mistake before he makes them?”. It does not require a very great intelligence to see that if the answer to these questions comes in a “yes”, the sabotage situation would be obvious. Why? The employee would become a nervous wreck to begin with and be constantly afraid. He would rather wait for the boss to take over and stop using his in...
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6 Tips for Landing Your Dream Job
2008-04-24 19:04:00
Article Title: 6 Tips for Landing Your Dream Job Author Byline: Alexandra Levit Author Website: http://www.alexandralevit.com (http://www.alexandralevit.com) Do you have a job that’s just like everyone else’s? Are you looking for a nine-to-five…but wish you weren’t? Do you wish there was another option, one that would lead to an exciting, unique, and fulfilling line of work? I recently interviewed more than 100 people who currently hold their dream jobs as research for a new book called How’d You Score That Gig? (www.scorethatgig.com, Ballantine Books). These individuals, who are travel journalists, event planners, fashion designers, forensic scientists, interior decorators, internet business owners and more, have one thing in common – persistence. As unattainable as a dream job might sound, with the right amount of forethought and preparation, you can make the move as well. Here are six tips to get you started: 1)Learn about yourself. ...

Success is a matter of attitude
2008-04-24 03:48:00
Success is a matter of attitude.This post was guest post by Pradeep Mahesh (Maheshwari) of Gunas (http://gunasimpex.bloombiz.com/). Your attitude and how people see you is more important to success than all your qualifications. You may have a lot of information crammed up in your head but have you learnt to “Apply” it in real life situations? What Image are you projecting? What Impression are you creating? Have you considered how your habits and mental assumptions are being judged by others? I relate an incident from my own life when I was teaching French, Acting as Trainer for teachers, running an institution and Counseling disturbed students. I was on top of the world and with all my education, job experience and all, I was sure my view-point was uncontestable. I was absolutely certain that when I spoke people would consider my word as final; there was no iota of doubt that I was listened to and people were seeing me as the wise old one. With my strong training in la...
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Do you need a leader or a manager?
2008-04-14 23:59:00
Article Title: Do you need a leader or a manager? Author Byline: Nikki Gordon Author Website: http://www.recruitnik.net Let’s face it, not everyone is cut out to “lead” others. We have all witnessed people in and promoted to positions in which they are just not a fit. Personally I have been “managed” or should I say victimized by this more then once in previous jobs. Years ago I worked for an IT company. My boss was a programmer and a really great guy. I was hired to develop and manage a few processes. (Of course, recruitment was one.) I quickly fell into leading several departments. My boss made sure we had the processes and I made sure the team was supported and processes were implemented. My boss would come in the middle of the night to reboot a server and end up writing code for 10 hours without a thought. Ask him to handle an employee issue and he would hide in his office until I settled it. It worked out beautifully for both of us. Our ...
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3 Strange Questions About Your Job Search
2008-04-04 03:45:00
Article Title: 3 Strange Questions About Your Job Search Author Byline: Kevin Donlin is President of Guaranteed Resumes and the creator of GetHiredNow.TV. Since 1996, he has provided job search assistance to nearly 10,000 people. Author of 51 Ways to Find a Job Fast -- Guaranteed, Kevin has been interviewed by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CBS Radio and others. His latest product, The Instant Job Search Sys Author Website: http://www.collegerecruiter.com/guarantee d-resumes.php 3 Strange Questions About Your Job Search copyright (c) 2008 by Kevin Donlin Looking for a new job? If so, you have a problem, right? You want to find work. Would you like to solve that problem and get hired faster? Good. That's what this column will help you do. Wait. Stop. You've just read 39 words and all I've done is ask a few questions. You've just proven how engaging and powerful questions can be. Now. If you want to find out how three engaging and rather unusual questions could gi...

Affordable Website Design
2008-03-27 21:59:00
Article Title: Affordable Website Design Author Byline: Affordable Website Design by SlickRicky Designs Author Website: http://www.slickricky.com/designers_centr al/affordable-website-design/ When it comes to website design jobs, there are people pulling in hundreds of dollars per hour and people making $5-$10 an hour. What makes an employee affordable and how can you be the website designer making $100 an hour? Employers: A website designer's affordability is not, as you might think, 100% proportional to the hourly rate. In a world where the saying, Time is Money has never been more true, the hourly rate you pay can be justified with numerous variables, with the most important one being TIME. Turn around time, bugs, usability, search optimization know-how are just a few of the other variables in trying to find out if your website designer is affordable. Can you afford to pay someone $10 an hour, $50, or $100 isn't the question. The question is do you have more time th...

Franchise Jobs
2008-03-22 01:07:00
Article Title: Franchise Jobs Author Byline: Franchise Chat Discussion Author Website: http://www.franchisespeak.com/ Franchises are one of the top ways of making a 6 figure income. There are many possibilities available for people who either want to work with a franchise or open their own. If you’re looking to make a six figure income, you will want to sway towards becoming the president or vice president of a franchise. Managers of franchises make pretty good money as well. Working within a franchise means great chances of advancement. Believe it or not, McDonald’s employees can start out making $6-$7/hr as a cashier or cook and make $13+/hr once they become a manager. Finding the right opportunity to fit your needs depends on your past experience and your drive to succeed. If you are just starting out, you can begin at the bottom and work your way up or if you are owner/management material, try opening your own franchise or applying for such a position. The...

EmploymentGuide the leading job board for hourly paid jobs
2008-03-16 18:31:00
EmploymentGuide is the leading job board for hourly, skilled, full-time and part-time Jobs in Employmentguide,Since its inception in 1995, the EmploymentGuide.com job board has provided an optimum combination of hiring solutions and Job search options across numerous job industries nationwide. Our focus is on part time jobs online and entry-level to mid-management employment opportunities. For high school and college students, we also are now featuring exciting summer Jobs perfect for teenagers or young adults looking to make extra money during their vacation. In addition, we support older workers seeking employment by providing a resource for jobs and local job fair listings. EmploymentGuide.com not only supports recent graduates just entering the workforce, but also for those within the retirement age that would like a new career path or just a new job. EmploymentGuide.com is the solution to The Employment Guide ®, the nation's largest print publication off...
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: What is the difference between UML and RUP?
2008-03-16 18:27:00
Article Title: What is the difference between UML and RUP? Author Byline: Interview Questions Author Website: http://www.boston-technical-recruiter.com The unified modeling languege is a standardized specification language for object modeling. UML is a general-purpose modeling language that includes a graphical notation used to create an abstract model of a system, referred to as a UML model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Mode ling_Language While RUP is The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is an iterative software development process framework created by the Rational Software Corporation, a division of IBM since 2003. RUP is not a single concrete prescriptive process, but rather an adaptable process framework, intended to be tailored by the development organizations and software project teams that will select the elements of the process that are appropriate for their needs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_Uni fied_Process If your prospective BSA cannot explain to yo...
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ARE YOU A “STUCKEE” JOB SEEKER?
2008-03-09 18:47:00
Article Title: Are You A Stuckee Job Seeker? Author Byline: Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A. Author Website: http://doitnowcareercoach.info ARE YOU A “STUCKEE” JOB SEEKER? I work with job seekers who are “stuckees” My definition of a “stuckee” is a person who does not take action on their own behalf, especially in looking for a job. The first or second job interview rejection shuts them down. Poor self-esteem is one of the causes of giving up. Job seeking is a game where new or returning job seekers don’t know the rules. The rules they do know are answering ads, sending out resumes, waiting for the phone to ring, etc. “Stuck” becomes comfortable and safe. One of the cures for a “stuckee” is to have a group of people around them that are accepting of them, no matter what. Supportive people provide hope, support and comfort. And, how does a “stuckee” keep going in the face of many rejections? One way...

Locating and Keeping a Great Contingency Recruiter
2008-03-03 17:01:00
Article Title: Locating and Keeping a Great Contingency Recruiter Author Byline: HireAbility: Connects the World's Recruiters and Parses the World's Resumes Author Website: http://www.hireability.com/join Our staff at HireAbility frequently interfaces with human resources contacts, corporate recruiters and hiring managers looking to join HireAbility’s recruiting network to locate contingency recruiters to fill their open job orders. Our first interaction with most of these corporate recruiters is during the membership application review process. One of the questions on the membership application states “Why would a contingency recruiter work on your job orders instead of working positions from another company?” Amazingly, over half of all Corporate Recruiters applicants are confused by this question. Is there a disconnect between the many corporate recruiters and the community of third party staffing firms that make up the majority of our industry? Who are...

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACTION
2008-03-03 01:04:00
This is a guest post by Pradeep Mahesh (Maheshwari) from New Delhi, India. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACTION The display of the right mood to match the situation is an art that has to be first understood and then learnt. It is a very potent tool of management. Generally speaking, this is an art, which we pick up normally in the course of life but very few of us have learnt to use this art as a tool. Certain situations are very clear; such as visits to the hospital, where one is expected to show concern, or take the instance of a visit to a home where a death has taken place. These are obvious situations and we learn from society the correct mood to display and say the right things that are to be said. This is emotional intelligence; the ability to gauge the mood of the situation and modulate one’s own behavior accordingly. In other words it amounts to tempering action with wisdom. From the management angle, by following a few established principle...
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The Power of Charm
2008-02-27 18:25:00
An excerpt from Brian Tracy's The Power of Charm : The Power of Charm Four Keys to Effective Listening Every book, article, or course on this subject ultimately comes to the same conclusion: There are four key elements of effective listening. If you can master them, your charm quotient will skyrocket immediately. 1. Listen attentively. Listen without interrupting. Listen in complete silence, as if there is nothing in the world that is more important to you at this moment than what the other person is saying. If someone wants to talk to you, especially at home, immediately discontinue all other activities and give that person your complete attention. Turn off the television, shut the book or newspaper, and focus single-mindedly on what the other person is saying. This behavior will be instantly recognized and appreciated, and will give you tremendous emotional power in the conversation. To listen as if you are transfixed by what the other person is saying, imagine t...