Comments for No Bull Business Blog http://nobullblog.wordpress.com A cut-to-the-chase business blog for executives and managers. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The worst employees of 2007: Can you top ‘em? by ian in hamburg http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-worst-employees-of-2007-can-you-top-em/#comment-40 ian in hamburg Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-worst-employees-of-2007-can-you-top-em/#comment-40 Hey, great post. I think I'm going to have a series of posts of my own entitled: lousy bosses. I can line 'em up already. They guy who lied to his employees, lied to his main client, and pocketed the difference. The guy who screwed me out of my holiday time. The guy who promised clients stuff he couldn't deliver unless we worked on the weekend. Oh, sorry, no overtime pay. The guy who forced me to train a woman who hadn't the first clue about economics to sub for me on air on a business news show. I suspect there was some off-air boinking going on. No bull. Hey, great post. I think I’m going to have a series of posts of my own entitled: lousy bosses.

I can line ‘em up already.

They guy who lied to his employees, lied to his main client, and pocketed the difference.

The guy who screwed me out of my holiday time.

The guy who promised clients stuff he couldn’t deliver unless we worked on the weekend. Oh, sorry, no overtime pay.

The guy who forced me to train a woman who hadn’t the first clue about economics to sub for me on air on a business news show. I suspect there was some off-air boinking going on.

No bull.

]]> Comment on Boss can’t spell? You’re lucky! by SEO-Services http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/boss-cant-spell-youre-lucky/#comment-31 SEO-Services Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:31:31 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/boss-cant-spell-youre-lucky/#comment-31 You make me feel a lot better about my ADD lol it sounds like the entrepreneurs personality trait... You make me feel a lot better about my ADD lol it sounds like the entrepreneurs personality trait…

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by bedrockfinancing http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-21 bedrockfinancing Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:52:45 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-21 About hiring mavericks, I think it depends on where yoru organization is at. In other words, if you are a company "stuck in a rut" always afraid to try someting new, but watching sales growth dwindle, then yeah...a maverick may be just the thing. But I'd do my homework to make sure the employee had a good reference and some experience in my line of work. Smart, successful, mavericks can be great for an organization...egocentric, novice mavericks can quickly cause more harm than good. About hiring mavericks, I think it depends on where yoru organization is at. In other words, if you are a company “stuck in a rut” always afraid to try someting new, but watching sales growth dwindle, then yeah…a maverick may be just the thing. But I’d do my homework to make sure the employee had a good reference and some experience in my line of work. Smart, successful, mavericks can be great for an organization…egocentric, novice mavericks can quickly cause more harm than good.

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by Bernardo Garcia http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-20 Bernardo Garcia Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:21:24 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-20 At the risk of greatly oversimplify a subject which can be detailed in several tomes, minds should be classified as any tool by their productivity [creativity+delivery], toughness [duration+resilience], and precision [quality+fineness] (to mention just three factors). There are wackos, malcontent, mavericks and misfits with knowledge, goals, and discipline and also the ones without them. To screen personnel, I created and tested a simple numerical code to profile personal and also professional characteristics. Knowledge, goals and discipline can be taught if, and only if, these human resources have the willingness and flexibility to become better as persons and as professionals. I use these codes not only to determine who has the willingness and capacity to be trained but also to assign initial duties and to create individualized training packages for these potential leaders and innovators. In my experience, wackos can become great assets; unfortunately, a high ratio of them fear losing their comfort zones and does not lose their bad habits. Salvation is there for all of us, but only the ones who are shown the way and work for it will get it... At the risk of greatly oversimplify a subject which can be detailed in several tomes, minds should be classified as any tool by their productivity [creativity+delivery], toughness [duration+resilience], and precision [quality+fineness] (to mention just three factors).
There are wackos, malcontent, mavericks and misfits with knowledge, goals, and discipline and also the ones without them. To screen personnel, I created and tested a simple numerical code to profile personal and also professional characteristics. Knowledge, goals and discipline can be taught if, and only if, these human resources have the willingness and flexibility to become better as persons and as professionals.
I use these codes not only to determine who has the willingness and capacity to be trained but also to assign initial duties and to create individualized training packages for these potential leaders and innovators. In my experience, wackos can become great assets; unfortunately, a high ratio of them fear losing their comfort zones and does not lose their bad habits.
Salvation is there for all of us, but only the ones who are shown the way and work for it will get it…

]]> Comment on Ante up: Negotiating “tells” to watch for by businesstoolz http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/ante-up-negotiating-tells-to-watch-for/#comment-18 businesstoolz Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:04:24 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/ante-up-negotiating-tells-to-watch-for/#comment-18 This gives me loads of ammunition. Thanks. This gives me loads of ammunition. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by F.D. Brookshire http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-9 F.D. Brookshire Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:44:29 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-9 If you're a large company, maybe that's an okay idea, but as my first boss always said, "Be careful who you hire. Add one person at GE or GM and if they don't work out it doesn't make that much difference, but hire someone who doesn't fit in to a 10-person firm and you've just changed 10% of the workforce!" Working for a small firm, I assure you he was absolutely right! If you’re a large company, maybe that’s an okay idea, but as my first boss always said, “Be careful who you hire. Add one person at GE or GM and if they don’t work out it doesn’t make that much difference, but hire someone who doesn’t fit in to a 10-person firm and you’ve just changed 10% of the workforce!” Working for a small firm, I assure you he was absolutely right!

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by Lynn Hennessy http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-8 Lynn Hennessy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:49:23 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-8 diSruPtiVe pEopLe ArE aN AsSet diSruPtiVe pEopLe ArE aN AsSet

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by Peter May http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-6 Peter May Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:58:34 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-6 Sounds like a good way to get new ideas and creative solutions. The potential downside, of course, is that you hire someone who truly IS a wacko and malcontent and has no really good ideas, but is convinced he/she is the greatest mind in the business. I've worked with many...I may even BE one and not know it. I guess one must go out on a limb from time to time. I just try to avoid people who might find it fun to cut the limb off after I'm out on it. Great story. Thanks. Sounds like a good way to get new ideas and creative solutions. The potential downside, of course, is that you hire someone who truly IS a wacko and malcontent and has no really good ideas, but is convinced he/she is the greatest mind in the business. I’ve worked with many…I may even BE one and not know it. I guess one must go out on a limb from time to time. I just try to avoid people who might find it fun to cut the limb off after I’m out on it. Great story. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Best hires? People you don’t like by mark balduzzi http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-4 mark balduzzi Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:28:28 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/best-hires-people-you-dont-like/#comment-4 Oh boy, this will get some folks' shorts in a knot...you know, the kind of people who haven't had an original idea in years (if not their lifetime)......too funny - but true! If you can effectively manage people like this the possibilities are endless. Far too many egotistical and self aggrandizer types out there today - few, if any, really self confident leaders who could handle this. Great post. Oh boy, this will get some folks’ shorts in a knot…you know, the kind of people who haven’t had an original idea in years (if not their lifetime)……too funny – but true! If you can effectively manage people like this the possibilities are endless. Far too many egotistical and self aggrandizer types out there today – few, if any, really self confident leaders who could handle this. Great post.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the No Bull Business Blog by Chris Hoskin http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/welcome-to-the-no-bull-business-blog/#comment-2 Chris Hoskin Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:17:18 +0000 http://nobullblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/welcome-to-the-no-bull-business-blog/#comment-2 Sounds good. Plenty of room for a blog like this. Good luck. Sounds good. Plenty of room for a blog like this. Good luck.

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