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The New Terrain: 2011-2020

The five-part series “The New Terrain 2011-2020, Winning the Battle in a Slow Economy” is now available as a white paper at http://www.johnfdini.com. It discusses issues and strategies for success in a lethargic economy.

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Alternative Lines of Communication

You are unhappy with an employee’s performance. Following good management practice (praise in public, criticize in private), you meet with him one-on-one to tell him that he is not making the grade. His current project is far behind schedule. His direct reports aren’t … Continue Reading

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‘A Recovery Only a Statistician Can Love’

This editorial, from the The Washington Post talks about some of the same things I am concerned about going into 2010. While we will get some positive GDP numbers, perhaps as soon as this quarter, it won’t feel much like … Continue Reading

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Is Less Bad Good?

The government is proclaiming the beginning of the beginning of the end. “Only” 540,000 new people lost their jobs last month, instead of 620,000. The somewhat panicky tone that has characterised these communiques continues. A one month drop, especially following … Continue Reading

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All for one…one for all

The individual incentive, whether monetary or non-monetary, seems logical. It fits best with sales people, who are the most familiar examples when we think of employee incentives. What kind of people would work harder for a group incentive? Actually, there … Continue Reading

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