Here's what they have to say: It is nice to read
about good people doing good things for each other.
Because many felt obligated to do so because it was
about good people doing good things.
There's a way to make a movie
about good people doing good things without being overly smug about it.
Not exact matches
I was just thinking
about this and I think that this happens because
people don't really think this through and believe that the marketing strategy will make their product a
better choice than those of the competition.
The
best IT staffers, she found, were the ones who were able to field the calls that start with «I don't know anything
about technology,» offer reassurance and empathy, and then walk
people through the learning process — the ones, in other words, who offer the users some empowerment.
«Staff wellbeing is
about providing an environment that is conducive to
people wanting to come to work and
doing a
good job.
I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be
about me... I want it to be
about what the US government is
doing... I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in
good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for
people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.
People spend a lot of time thinking
about good things that didn't happen, but might have
done.
Then you can focus on thinking
about how to
do things
better, how to treat
people better, how to make your business
better.
Setting up a company and culture that allows
people to
do what they
do best (Mastery), in the way that they think will bring
about the
best results (Autonomy) focused on something that is meaningful (Purpose) as part of group aligned in values (Connectedness) is what drives a great and powerful culture.»
While they're aggressive
about getting things
done, they involve
people in those goals and delegate
well.
Everyone knows that Travis is not coming back; still, Benchmark said a lot of nasty things
about TK and is now sitting back and watching other
people try to convince them that the
best thing to
do «for all concerned» would be to sell out.
And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly
well - informed
about who's
doing what very
well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the
people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.
No board will know your business
better than you
do but if managed properly they should be the most informed
people about your business than any full - time executive.
Dig Deeper: The 10
Best Slogans of All Time How to Create a Company Philosophy: Hire
People Who Match the Culture Understandably, many companies don't think
about their principles until they start making hires.
They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make
people look
good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk
about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others
do), Practical Value (news
people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).
«The injury rate at our Fremont factory is half what it was in the final years of the UAW plant operated by GM / Toyota immediately before us, and we care deeply
about the safety and
well - being of our
people and strive to
do better every day.
Heroes make
people feel
good about the
good they are
doing.
It's also a
good choice for
people who care
about the company they support, as Tom's of Maine funnels much of its profits to charities and encourages employees to spend a percentage of their working hours
doing volunteer activities.
People love to feel like they have the
best thing, no matter what that thing is, and they'll
do way more than talk
about it if they really feel like it's the
best.
«And unless we
do it on our own — unless
people speak out and talk
about how we can be
better, and we can lift all boats versus just the 1 percent — We're in for a really bad time.
How
do you make these changes to attract new users while maintaining the elements that
people like
best about the platform?
«The
people we hear from in Vancouver don't give a damn
about making a
better experience for transfers through this airport if they have to pay for it.»
«We're creating
good jobs in major Canadian cities for young
people and we're excited
about doing that and so far the customer response to our crews has been very positive,» said Renee Smith - Valade, vice-president customer experience.
I've
done my fair share of listening to managers (many of whom are former clients) complain
about their employees and losing
good people, which adversely affects their ability to perform
well.
The movie was hot and
people were talking
about it, but he also thought he could
do something much
better given his background, so he created some stop - motion videos, such as an animated fight between Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
People do business with those they have the
best relationship with; so post
about what's on your mind.
Announcing your goals publicly is a tried - and - true way of dissuading yourself from weaseling out of them; one study found
people who talked
about their weight loss efforts on Twitter fared
better than those who didn't.
Even when
well - known
people post
about her creations on social media, she said whatever followers she gains and exposure she gets don't cover the cost of her time.
These days, many
people do a
good job talking
about diversity, but not as
good a job at bringing it
about.
It's
good to give employees these options because «one thing you don't want to
do is require
people to report only to their supervisors, because unfortunately that may be the
person who they have a complaint
about,» says Lisa Guerin, an attorney specializing in employment law and the author of The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations: How to Handle Employee Complaints & Problems.
The smartest
people do just
about everything
better than most everyone else.
People are prone to share their opinions on just
about everything you might
do, but a
good part of what they say is going to be their opinion, and nothing more.
When emotionally intelligent
people feel
good about something that they've
done, they won't let anyone's opinions or accomplishments take that away from them.
«We wanted to make sure that our own country was part of the conversation
about global health issues in two ways — one, making sure that we're not thinking of it as issues that affect other
people that don't have anything to
do with us, but also acknowledging that we can learn so much from what has gone
well or new models that are effective in other countries,» Bush tells Business Insider.
In any case, it's generally a
good investment of the modest amount of time it takes to pay attention and be polite unless the
people pitching haven't
done their homework, don't appreciate or want to hear
about the magnitude or difficulty of what they're setting out to
do, or just aren't really prepared to effectively present and defend their ideas.
The
best part
about the crowd is that more often than not, these
people are
doing this work for the pleasure, intrinsic motivation.
Entrepreneurs who are passionate
about their ideas believe they can
do a
better job than the
people already serving that market.
It doesn't work» documents the ineffectiveness and counterproductivity of scaring
people, but suggests nothing
better that talking
about the problem.
The
best thing to
do is identity what you're feeling awkward
about and find other
people feeling the same way.»
From the boardroom to the company cafeteria,
people are talking
about doing a
better job of addressing the world's social problems.
It doesn't work out
well for the majority of
people, but you rarely hear
about them.
Early on in our history when things weren't really going
well — we had hit a tough patch and a lot of
people wanted to buy Facebook — I went and I met with Steve Jobs, and he said that to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company, I should go visit this temple in India that he had gone to early in the evolution of Apple, when he was thinking
about what he wanted his vision of the future to be... That reinforced to me the importance of what we were
doing, and that is something I will always remember.
It's no surprise, then, that some of the
best advice I ever read
about copywriting actually came from a blog post
about how to maintain your self - confidence in dating:
People don't reject you; they reject your approach.
Heckling someone online isn't the answer to making
people feel
better about themselves, but it
does show that not all trolls are terrible all the time.
The
best way to
do this is by saying something that makes it clear you know
about the
person you are attempting to network with.
As the silicon valley dreamers begin to wake up,
people are less excited
about Box, though they are
doing well by normal company standards.
We are passionate
about finding the
best people, and once we
do, we make sure to hold onto them as a connection.
Believing that
people do their
best work when they're able to work flexibly, Kaplan allows
about 85 percent of its workforce to work remotely, a move that has occurred in recent years.
The word «reciprocal» is the most important word with Donald Trump when it comes to what the subject that we talk
about and the subject that CNBC covers so
well — especially you, by the way, because I don't agree with all of you
people, but that's OK.