AMA Edgewise
In the coming weeks we will be bringing you the insights and voices of recognized thought leaders across a wide range of topics.Our aim is to provide those essential "nuggets" of perspective that will help you and your organization improve performance, adapt to changing business realities, and prosper in a complex and competitive world.
Joan Knutson on Linking Strategy, Execution and Project Management
Project management is an essential tool to execute a strategy, but often poorly utilized. Here's how to make it work.
May 9, 2008 / Podcast # 08-19
Joan Knutson is founder and manager of Project Mentors, a successful multimillion dollar project management training and consulting firm. Joan is the author of Project Management: How to Plan and Manage Successful Project (AMACOM), Succeeding in Project-Driven Organizations: People, Processes, and Politics (John Wiley and Sons) and Project Management for Business Professionals: A Comprehensive Guide (John Wiley and Sons). Read more…
Tony Beshara on How to Ace Your Next Interview
Job seekers are facing more and more competition in a tighter and tighter market. Applicants need every advantage they can get.
May 2, 2008 / Podcast # 08-18
At some point, most people have been caught off guard by tough interview questions. In Acing the Interview: How to Ask and Answer the Questions That Will Get You the Job, the employment expert Dr. Phil called “the best of the best” gives job seekers candid advice for answering even the most unexpected questions,Tony Beshara is a 30-year veteran of the placement and recruitment field, and owner of Babich and Associates, a job placement firm. He has appeared numerous times on the nationally syndicated Dr. Phil Show. Read more…
Dan Miller on Saying Goodbye to the Monday Morning Blues
For everyone who dreads going to work on Monday mornings, inspiring advice on how to find fulfilling work in an uncertain age.
April 25, 2008 / Podcast # 08-17
The only way to find true security is by following your calling and then finding or creating work that matches your passion. Dan Miller’s new book No More Mondays addresses people looking for guidance on how to launch a new career or business, those who want to stay in their current jobs and give the old 9-to-5 model a twenty-first-century makeover, and managers desperate to understand the way people want to work today. For all of them, Dan Miller’s message is loud and clear: If you’re one of those people who dread going to work on Mondays, do something about it! Read more…
Dan Ariely on Understanding the Logic Behind Illogical Decisions
An MIT professor discovers that people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion.
April 18, 2008 / Podcast # 08-16
Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Dan Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. Read more…
Ron Hira on the Inside Story of Outsourcing America
Where have so many good jobs gone? And how can we get them back?
April 11, 2008 / Podcast # 08-15
One of the hottest, most controversial topics in the news is the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Outsourced jobs are extending well beyond the manufacturing sector to include white-collar professionals, particularly in information technology, financial services, and customer service. In his new book Outsourcing America, Ron Hira reveals just how much outsourcing is taking place, what its impact is and will be, and what can be done about the loss of jobs. Read more…