Picks of the Week — 3/3/17
Dusty Canyon
Why This CEO Is Helping 20% Of His Employees Find New Jobs By Next Year
In a fast-paced, high turnover world, it’s time to rethink employee retention.
Hootsuite CEO helps solid employees who feel stagnant leave his company — and he thinks it’s a good thing.
I don’t completely agree with everything in this article, but let it change your perspective like it did mine for the 3 min it takes to read.
Favorite quote:
A-players want to keep working there as long as they’re continually challenged.
Read.
Kay McKinley
Scenes from the Oscar-Night Implosion
Are you tired of reading about this yet? I’m not. Michael Schulman of The New Yorker was in the press room during what can kindly be described as The Snafu and describes it in this eye-witness account of the the best worst night in show business.
Favorite quote:
“They said we made history and they pulled a Steve Harvey on us. I don’t know what that means. I gotta find that out.”
Read.
Morgan Silver
Office Management Patriachy 1950s — How Male Office Supervisor Manages Women — Before Equality
Short video by McGraw-Hill Book Company to help all us male managers of hordes of estrogen victims realize their pecking order.
Favorite quotes:
You know, sometimes I feel sorry for people that have to run an office setup, especially if it employs a number of girls, so darn many things can develop, out of nothing
…as a matter of fact, George Barnes thought the whole thing would blow over, that he could avoid making a mountain out of a molehill, stop a chain reaction of disharmony in his department by just letting it alone…
