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Never Take Responsibility

17 November, 2012 by Robby Slaughter 2 Comments

Responsibility

This is a guest post by Robby Slaughter We all want engaged employees who are highly productive, efficient and upbeat at work. The challenge is that in so many organizations, workplace morale is mediocre at best. We work in cultures where people do the minimum because they don’t see any reason to put in more […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: accountability, roles and responsibilities

Why E-mail is Like Oil

20 September, 2011 by Robby Slaughter Leave a Comment

E-mail Oil Slick

Let’s be brutal here: you’re probably buried in e-mail.  And like crude oil, e-mail can be a sticky, annoying substance that’s practically impossible to clean.  We need e-mail to get things done, but it seems like an endless, yucky mess. The funny thing about oil is that while spilling a little bit is a problem […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: best practice, communication, e-mail, information technology

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