Tag Archives: Stephen Viscusi

The case for a Results Only Work Environment

One of the major causes of low employee engagement and productivity in corporations: we evaluate work based on time and presence, not results. So says Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson in their new book “Why Work Sucks and how to fix it.” Evaluating work performance based on time spent in the office is rampant –… Continue Reading

Bad career advice is worse than no advice at all

With all of the discussion of the economy, you’d think some good advice would be coming out on how to manage through tough times. Not the case. In Newsweek’s A Recession Handbook, people working in cubes are offered this advice: Stay visibly busy, says New York headhunter Stephen Viscusi. The first employees to go during… Continue Reading