President Bush became HR Leader-in-Chief today by touting pay for performance in his State of the Economy speech in New York. Mr. Bush weighed in on executive compensation, board governance…and font size:
America’s businesses have responsibilities here in America. I know you know that. A free and vibrant economy depends on public trust. Shareholders should know [...]

Dale Dauten, The Corporate Curmudgeon, is one of my favorite columnists. And I just spent seven minutes watching his video called Don’t Fire an Employee Until You Watch This! Super stuff. Dauten talks about “de-hiring” rather than “firing,” constantly upgrading talent while using the rank-and-yank approach to performance management. Great lessons to be learned there, [...]

I am a big admirer of Whole Foods and have written a few times about the company. Somehow, I managed to miss John Mackey’s blog. So when I saw this post titled Compensation at Whole Foods, I was captivated. It’s a letter to employees from the CEO talking in transparent terms about why they [...]

First movers intrigue me to no end. Tino Buntic’s 2000 Bloggers is one of those ideas. Tino posted the photos of 2000 bloggers across the world, from A-listers to Z-listers. Hey, I even made the list! Here’s his premise:
5 million blogs…
I’d like to showcase all of them, but I’ve settled on just 2000 bloggers.
Bloggers come [...]

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That’s the advice of writer Michael Pollan in his NYT piece Unhappy Meals. You can use this registration-free link to read the entire piece, including his 9-step process for healthy eating. [via BoingBoing] It’s a long article, but every word is worthwhile. If you don’t have much time, [...]