The Productivity Guru

Are you surprised by this?  Our tax code is so out of date, our educational system is so far behind so many other countries, we have imposed ridiculous barriers to the immigration of skilled workers, and an overvalued US dollar all are combining together causing more and more jobs to flow overseas.  The Wall Street Journal recently carried an excellent print piece on April 19, 2011 by David Wessel, "Big U.S. Firms Shift Hiring Abroad." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704821704576270783611823972.html?KEYWORDS=David+Wessel The video version of this article is also included in the following link: http://online.wsj.com/video/news-hub-globalization-means-less-us-jobs/07B46F49-FAB4-496A-93A4-53EB31D20762.html?KEYWORDS=David+Wessel As stated in the article, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that companies cut their work forces in the U.S.  by 2.9 million during the 2000s while increasing employment overseas by 2.4 million.  In the 1990s, jobs were adde

I recently became involved with a tremendous new diagnostic tool called "Surveytelligence Powered By InfoTool."  http://www.infotool-online.com/   This awesome tool when administered in any enterprise allows the management of the organization to determine exactly where the variables are in the organization by person, department or by any data point that they want to set up.  This then illuminates targeted improvements such as, strategic and organizational alignments, training and process activities. During my training, one of the new colleagues I met was Bob Woodcock, Chief Engagement Officer at The Pulse Check http://www.thepulsecheck.com/   based in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.  Bob recently introduced me to an article in Talent Magazine written by Catherine Farley and David Gartside is entitled "Talent That Fuels Growth." .  The link is:   http://talentmgt.com/departments/dashboard/2011/April/1496/index.php?pt=a&aid=1496&start=0&page=1 In my h