Karl Edwards presents Working Matters » Working Matters http://www.boldenterprises.com Designing Tomorrow's Working Cultures Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Designing Tomorrow's Working Cultures Karl Edwards presents Working Matters no Karl Edwards presents Working Matters postmaster@boldenterprises.com postmaster@boldenterprises.com (Karl Edwards presents Working Matters) 2006-2007 Designing Tomorrow's Working Cultures Karl Edwards presents Working Matters » Working Matters http://www.boldenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.boldenterprises.com/category/working-matters/ Quote to Consider: The Lies Good Friends Tell http://www.boldenterprises.com/2012/02/04/quote-to-consider-the-lies-good-friends-tell/ http://www.boldenterprises.com/2012/02/04/quote-to-consider-the-lies-good-friends-tell/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:01:07 +0000 Karl Edwards http://www.boldenterprises.com/?p=9152 quote-to-consider“Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.”

Albert Camus

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Suffocating policy manual found in trash.

 

Karl Edwards

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We are going to discuss work and faith from the perspective of the workplace. Job performance, career development, and team dynamics to mention just a few vital topics.

Don’t miss out!

Tomorrow, Tuesday (1/31/12), is the deadline for registering for Saturday’s Bridging the Work-Faith Divide Workshop. (Not that we’ll be turning anyone away at the door, but it would sure help for planning!)

We would love to have you there. It promises to be an engaging and interactive day.

Click here for the details.

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Orison Swett Marden

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Hiring real people, not slick resumés.

 

Karl Edwards

]]> http://www.boldenterprises.com/2012/01/26/karl-shares-six-words-60/feed/ 0 Race For “Most Insubstantial Napkin” http://www.boldenterprises.com/2012/01/23/race-for-most-insubstantial-napkin/ http://www.boldenterprises.com/2012/01/23/race-for-most-insubstantial-napkin/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:12:10 +0000 Karl Edwards http://www.boldenterprises.com/?p=9187 There seems to be a new race afoot. A new competition. A new business strategy by which great careers will be made and lost.

It is the race to offer the most insubstantial napkin.

Only a few months ago it seemed the napkin dispenser norm was a semi-absorbent sheet of paper folded once in half in one direction and then again in thirds in the other.

The first feature to get left behind was absorbency. In fact, absorbency is but a distant memory, isn’t it?! But that loss was easy to cover up under the guise of protecting the environment. That it now takes five napkins to wipe up what one used to suffice for is conveniently not mentioned.

Next to go was the full sheet folded in half. Clearly we had been over-cleaning ourselves after our burger and fries. Some executive most certainly gave themself a big salary increase for finding such a clever way to cut their paper costs in half.

More recently it seems the tri-fold is increasingly being ditched in favor of a single fold. (And a fold that isn’t even a full half fold at that.)

It’s amazing how little paper these executives feel is more than adequate to deal with grease, coffee, ketchup, or whatever else one might want to wipe off one’s hands.

Who do you feel is winning the race to offer the most insubstantial napkin? Leave a comment with your example. Let’s compare notes. 

More significantly, where are your cost-cutting efforts inadvertently resulting in something like the need to use five insubstantial napkins instead of just one nice absorbent one?

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Marva Collins

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Puzzled why mandating positive morale failed.

 

Karl Edwards

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800-CEO-Read announced their 2011 awards for best business books.

You can read the entire book summaries on their blog post here.

The winners are:

General Business

  

Leadership

  

Marketing and Sales

Entrepreneurship

  

Personal Development

  

Finance & Economics

Innovation & Creativity

  

Management

Head over to 800-CEO-Read’s website and check out the many resources they make available.

Enjoy!

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Dante Alighieri

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