July 1, 2010
The past few weeks, I have been traveling through Yellowstone National Park. If you have ever been, you know how majestic the scenery is. How magnificent the animal sightings can be. And, how amazingly breathtaking the sky, mountains, and clouds appear. All of those things really get the creative juices flowing.
June 3, 2010
March has certainly come in like a lion for me. I live in the northeast, specifically northern New Jersey. And this month we’ve seen our fair share of Mother Nature’s wrath. The first weekend of the month, we lost power for two days due to heavy snowfall. The second weekend of the month, we lost power for four days due to the “storm with no name,” or the “daylight savings time storm,” a.k.a. low-level hurricane. Whatever you want to call it; it was pretty devastating.
November 16, 2009
As the year draws to an end, many managers of creative departments are facing one of their least favorite supervisory responsibilities: conducting annual reviews. While the employee-evaluation process can be time-consuming, performance reviews are opportunities to motivate staff, assess training needs, reinforce organizational values and clarify your employees’ career goals.