Silly Little Offensive Comments
By Corey Switzer It’s a rainy Tuesday. The temperature is just above freezing. It’s February in Buffalo, and I’m in a bad mood. Nothing in particular has gone wrong today, but has anything really gone right? On days like today, therapists (or my co-worker Frank) would counsel us to find humor in the mundane and perhaps even learn a new life lesson or two. Instead of projecting your own anger or annoyance onto people around you, think intrinsically about why a situation upsets you and deal with it on your own. I decided to do a case study...
read moreQUALITY: The Most Important Word in Products & Services
By Corey Switzer Last night Wendy and I attended the ASQ Buffalo Chapter monthly meeting. It was a forum recommended by Mike Cardus – a completely awesome, well known team building advocate in the Buffalo area. Anyway, we really like Mike and took him up on his offer to attend a meeting and hopefully get introduced to some NEAT Quality Professionals. Aside from some yummo chicken picata and apple pie for dessert, Wendy and I got to meet some pretty awesome people who reminded me of how important, how integral quality programs are to...
read moreShame on employers who don’t make it worthwhile
By Wendy Sanacore I’m sad today. I dropped my 15 month old daughter off at daycare today and outside her classroom is a bulletin board filled with the notes from her daily activities, lunch menus, etc. Well today there was a formatted, letterhead note posted informing us that her head teacher would be leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Rumor has it that she is leaving to take the same position at a different daycare and I know I got a pit in my stomach when I read that she was leaving. At 15 months, my daughter is going...
read moreMarch 2012 System z Software Webcasts & Teleconferences
Here’s a list of the System z webcasts scheduled for March. Email info@txmq.com if you’re interested in registering for any of these sessions. March 1 – Increase availability and reduce costs with redesigned OMEGAMON Highlights Topics include: · Redesigned user interface for an expansive enterprise view · Built-in best practices based on problem-solving scenarios · Autonomic functions for data synchronization · Use of less compute resources and fewer address...
read moreToday is all about love
By Wendy Sanacore I love Valentine’s Day. Yes, I am one of those sappy women who just thinks it can be a really romantic holiday. I actually sat down last night and painted my nails red, picked out a red blouse, chose heart shaped jewelry and even made a heart shaped cake for work, complete with pink food coloring to make it more authentic. I even have my radio love songs playing on my computer via Pandora, too. What do I love so much about the holiday? I love my husband and I love my little daughter. They are the two lights of my life...
read moreIf you’re smart, you’ll hire people smarter than you.
By Wendy Sanacore Chuck has a great outlook on his hiring decisions. He likes to hire people who are smarter than he is. Not necessarily all around, but in their certain expertise. Every time we sit down to interview a candidate for a job here at TxMQ, Chuck enters it with a unique frame of mind. The top most question isn’t what he can teach this person, it’s how much this person can teach him. If I had a dime for the number of times I have heard him say that he aims to hire people who are smarter than he is to aid in his...
read moreForbes Believes in Positive Corporate Culture
By Corey Switzer Yesterday my cousin (a Recruiting Manager for a HUGE consulting and staff development firm in Beantown MASS – recruiting greatness must run in our blood) posted an article that’s really relevant to what I’ve been blogging about lately – COMPANY CULTURE. This time it’s Forbes Magazine who’s making a comment. I’m so happy they’re on the POSITIVE company culture bandwagon! To paraphrase, Forbes basically argues the point that the only TRULY sustainable competitive advantage any company can ever have over another...
read moreIn General – Keep Your Complaints To Yourself
By Wendy Sanacore “Today is one of those days that I really wish I had a door or some headphones so that I could block out all of the “woe is me” conversations…this is your JOB, there’s a reason why they call it WORK.” I read this quote on someone’s Facebook page this morning, and it inspired my next blog. It’s a good thing, too because I was struggling with what to write about this week. She’s right though…Work is called work for a reason. Now I am not saying that you can’t...
read moreEMPLOYEE RETENTION – Keep the Workday Flexible!
By Corey Switzer I was inspired to blog today after reading an “Inc Magazine” an article titled, “Inspiring Performance by Keeping Work Hours Flexible”. This is one of those new fangled, new aged ideas dreamed up by those hippies over at Google and Facebook, right? Well, perhaps – but flexible work hours are CERTAINLY popular. As an employer if you’re not down with this new trend, you may be selling your company short on talent. Let me first give a little insight into the different generations who have to work together...
read moreiOS surpassing Android in Enterprise Environment
By Wendy Sanacore It’s official. Apple is kicking Android device’s butt when it comes to use in the enterprise sector. Why? Because for some companies, Android phones and devices are just not an option. Bruce Poon Tip from G Adventures only uses Apple iPhone and iPad. According to Poon Tip, Android devices and the Blackberry just can’t keep up in their environment. According to a new study recently published, iPhones represented 53 percent of new device activations in the fourth quarter of 2011 for its enterprise customers as...
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