Bob Williams

Employee engagement through connection and meaning

April 17th, 2011 | One comment | Tags: , ,

It’s true. I do still read print newspaper. It’s not so much by effort as it is by convenience and simplicity. I receive a subscription to the Gwinnett Daily Post as free benefit of continuing to pay Charter Communications a small ransom each month for cable TV.  The paper covers local news for the county I live in and picks up some AP stories for national news. What I like about it is it’s small and something I can scan quickly for news of interest to me.

This past Saturday, they published a column article from Lisa McLeod entitled People don’t like their job due to lack of connection.  Lisa …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Business decisions: customers, profits, and the golden rule

August 8th, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags: , , ,

I continually digest a steady diet of business related materials to see what others are doing that is successful and to generate ideas for my work routine both in business and hobbies. These business materials are in various formats, including books, blogs, published articles, and pod casts. Call me crazy, but I think about putting theory into practice at work to gain the benefits of the knowledge.  One area where I see a disconnect between popular business theory and popular business practice is the fundamental basis for making business decisions. In my experience, its becoming more common placed to see individuals making business decisions solely on the basis of …Continue reading >>