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2008: End of Company Retirement Plans Begins

While many look forward to the new year, there is at least one item from 2008 that merits attention. It may be the year that the end of company retirement plan support begins. It all started with companies eliminating pensions, of course. That part is old news. The new news is that more and more… Continue Reading

5 ways to watch your company and monitor your career

Earlier, I noted that career management is also about how your company is doing. The reasoning was that your company gives you the best controllable opportunity for advancing – or limiting – your career. This is because of the work you are doing, your ability to add new skills, and the performance on the job…. Continue Reading

Creativity and Innovation – 10 Characteristics

Yesterday, we kicked off the series on Creativity and Innovation – the latest “next big thing” for companies. Next, I covered some of the reasons companies believe innovation and creativity are so necessary for survival. In this post, I’ll take a look at how you can tell if your company has that innovation and creativity… Continue Reading

Creativity and Innovation – The Need

Earlier we kicked off the series on creativity and innovation – the latest “next big thing” for companies. Enough companies are touting the need for innovation that there must be some good reasons for it. And there are. How we got this way. Industries go through various stages of development. When something is new and… Continue Reading