April 18, 2014 When the word 'quota' is mentioned to anyone in sales expect a varied range of emotions and responses. It usually depends on two factors: 1. Is the quota fair and 2. How close is the rep to 'hitting' or achieving their monthly, quarterly,...
The word bully is getting a lot of play in the media. Kids on the school playground, to most recently, Jonathan Martin, of the Miami Dolphins and NFL fame, accusing a teammate of being a bully, all used the new buzz word. The problem is bigger than the...
“In a sign of how quickly social media has changed the digital landscape, consumers are now ‘pinning’ things like articles, photos and recipes to share with their friends more often than emailing links,” wrote Kurt Abrahamson of ShareThis. Pinterest is valued at nearly $4 billion (what?) and...
More and more is being written to expose who the real winners are in the startup world; and as I’ve written about, it’s not the employees. Not only are the employees likely to deal with EEOC violations being ignored by HR, possibly asked to engage...
Five years ago a good friend and trusted colleague emailed me an article from The Harvard Business Review titled Blue Ocean Strategy; and, attached to the email was the message "Call me right away!" (And for those of you reading in judgement (yes you) let's keep...
GM is asking the courts in which they are being sued to stay the lawsuits, Reuters reports. So far GM has filed two motions asking for stays: one in a U.S. District Court in Texas, and the other in a U.S. District Court in California....
UPDATED: Perhaps Botox is on the Block And: Mentor announced a collaberation agreement with Valeant on July 2, 2103 Per the terms of the agreement, Mentor and Medicis will form a joint physician loyalty program called the M2VP Program (Medicis-Mentor Valued Partner Program), which will include the...
Johnson & Johnson Q1 profits are up 8% in part because of new drugs and cutting production and administrative expenses (does that mean job loss for people?) despite: Johnson & Johnson - confirmed destroying files in mesh cases Topamax causes BIRTH DEFECT Johnson & Johnson liable Johnson & Johnson...
Good news for Hillary Clinton-Joe Biden joined Instagram today Joe Biden joined Instagram today. Great. Clearly he gets that he's out of the running in 2016 and he's working on endorsement deals. Biden and his son Beau are out of touch and need to stay out of...
That sure is a lot of [redacting!] From Consumerist A business in 2012 that had sued the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission over the agency’s SaferProducts.gov database and had convinced a court to let it do so anonymously (0r like under seal in a whistleblower case) in order to...