When it comes to over-sharing or thinking before they tweet, the perception remains that this is a GEN Y issue, particularly when it comes to the workplace. Gen Y is getting a bad rap but more importantly, it’s time for companies to abandon the view that their employees and management “should know better” or that [...]
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When It Comes To Social Media, Do You Have A “They Should Know Better” Approach?
Posted in Gen Y, Managing In A Digital Age, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Gen Y, Managing In A Digital Age, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sweat (Some) Of The Small Stuff And Don’t Poke Your Employees
Posted in Management, Managing In A Digital Age, Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Managing In A Digital Age, Social Media, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks, Workplace Challenges on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What is a Poke? The poke feature can be used for a variety of things on Facebook. For instance, you can poke your friends to say hello. When you poke someone, they will receive a poke alert on their home page. Source: Facebook A young woman, (we’ll call her Julie), is 24 years old [...]
The New Glass House: Social Media And Subtle Bias
Posted in Personal Branding, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Personal Branding, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks, Workplace Challenges on September 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We think that Social Media creates bias because of the obvious things that we can learn about people when we invade their lives online. Real damage, however, can occur in subtle ways when we shape opinions about people before we know them or we have visibility into the previously unknown. I’m talking about subtle things, [...]
Social Media In The Workplace—It’s Already Complicated
Posted in Business, Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Social Media, Social Media in Workplace on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently led a half day workshop with a multi-national company who is already knee deep into some great Social Media activities. The purpose of the workshop was to talk about the impact inside the organization and to start a dialogue about the legal and HR risks that can crop up when you’re not looking—or [...]
Look Who’s Talking (2)…About Your Employment Brand
Posted in Employment Branding, Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Employment Branding, Social Media, Social Media in Workplace, Workplace Challenges on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Part 2 of 2 In part 1, I talked about how an employer’s brand is shaped by job seekers, past employees, current employees and anyone who has ever had interaction with your company. These viewpoints are not exclusively from unhappy campers who worked or interviewed with your company. Their opinions (in most cases) are formed [...]
Look Who’s Talking About Your Employment Brand
Posted in Employment Branding, Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Employment Branding, Social Media, Social Media in Workplace, Workplace Challenges on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1 of 2 A friend of mine has an upcoming phone interview with a local employer and she was advised to check out the current state of the management and the culture. Unfortunately over the past several years, and through a pretty tight network, the reputation and brand of this particular employer has diminished. [...]
Managing In The Digital Age: No Policy? Use Your Judgment
Posted in Change Management, Gen Y, Personal Branding, Social Media In The Workplace, Training, Workplace Challenges, tagged Change Management, Gen Y, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks, Workplace Challenges on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to newest challenges in the workplace, one phrase always comes to mind. I can’t take credit for it but I will say it was in a Manager’s Handbook from a past employer and I suspect it’s still there—in the absence of policy, there’s judgment. As I went through my reading material today [...]
How Public Are Your Private Communication Practices?
Posted in Social Media In The Workplace, Workplace Challenges, tagged Communication, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks, Workplace Challenges on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just read an article on wireless security on CIO.com about the potential data loss of unsecured wireless networks. Wireless networks aside, the reality is that the amount of corporate information moving beyond company walls is extensive. Real-time communication is a necessity for every organization and the shift in channels is a reality. The question [...]
Social Networks: What’s A Mistake Vs. Fireable Offense?
Posted in Corporate Policy, Management, Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Social Networking, Training, Workplace Challenges, tagged Management, Social Media, Social Media in Workplace, Social Media Risks, Training on June 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We all have opinions and bad days but in today’s world, the line is getting blurred regarding freedom of speech, a business conflict or a mistake. Social Media complicates employment matters today. We all make mistakes, so how do you decide what’s a fireable offense or just bad judgment when it’s posted on Facebook, MySpace, [...]
Don’t Worry, I’m Sure Your Employees Aren’t Using Social Media
Posted in Social Media, Social Media In The Workplace, Social Networking, Workplace Challenges, tagged Social Media, Social Media in Workplace, Social Networking, Work Priorities, Workplace Challenges on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a presentation I gave this week we had a great discussion about Social Media in the workplace. To their credit, or (more likely) because they love the contrarian position there were a few cynics in the room. As a speaker, that’s what creates discussion, so it’s a good thing. But that aside, if you [...]
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