{"id":1366,"date":"2008-01-07T13:04:28","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T19:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/manic-first-monday\/"},"modified":"2008-01-07T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T19:01:58","slug":"manic-first-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/manic-first-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Manic First Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got to start my first Monday of the new year without my laptop.\u00a0 It died over the weekend so I come to you via a desktop system that is not my &#8220;home.&#8221;\u00a0 It is a strange feeling being on another system.\u00a0 It seems like there should be a resolution in here somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In that light, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/managing\/content\/jan2008\/ca2008013_692310.htm?campaign_id=rss_null\">BusinessWeek.com went to the streets<\/a> looking for input from managers.\u00a0 The survey was literally conducted walking the streets of Boston so keep that in mind.\u00a0 Two items were the winner:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Managers want to find a better work\/life balance<\/strong>. As you saw in the video, one person is working 16 hour days. So much for exercising, seeing friends, or even having a family. There&#8217;s no time for balance\u2014it&#8217;s all work all the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Managers see talent management as a pressing need for 2008<\/strong>. Companies need to pay greater attention to recruitment, employee development, and retention. One individual echoed this is a priority for his firm, and jokingly quipped, &#8220;If you have any answers, please email me.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Recruiting_Main.html\">We have the answers.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to start my first Monday of the new year without my laptop.\u00a0 It died over the weekend so I come to you via a desktop system that is not my &#8220;home.&#8221;\u00a0 It is a strange feeling being on another system.\u00a0 It seems like there should be a resolution in here somewhere. In that light, BusinessWeek.com went to the streets looking for input from managers.\u00a0 The survey was literally conducted walking the streets of Boston so keep that in mind.\u00a0 Two items were the winner: Managers want to find a better work\/life balance. As you saw in the video, one person is working 16 hour days. So much for&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/manic-first-monday\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,24],"tags":[195,196,1767],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-management","category-worklife-balance","tag-new-years-resolutions","tag-talent-management","tag-worklife-balance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-m2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1638,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/gen-xodus\/","url_meta":{"origin":1366,"position":0},"title":"Gen Xodus","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"BusinessWeek.com has an article titled Today's Top 10 Talent-Management Challenges that provides some interesting tidbits from 3 different talent managers.\u00a0 One topic leaped off the screen: 6. 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A big threat in many firms today is the exodus of mid-career talent\u2014people in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":775,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/who-to-promote-into-management\/","url_meta":{"origin":1366,"position":1},"title":"Who To Promote Into Management","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"CareerJournal.com offers When Managers Neglect To Coach Their Talent which covers a principle we incorporate into our process. \"The role of people-managers -- who develop talent and create sustained profits for companies -- isn't as valued as it should be,\" says Mr. Harter, co-author with Rodd Wagner, also of Gallup,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Retention&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Retention","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/retention\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":495,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/telecommuting-trend-expands\/","url_meta":{"origin":1366,"position":2},"title":"Telecommuting Trend Expands","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Telecommuting is the Norm is a quick article from Sales & Marketing Management's website. I don't think this trend is surprising to most people. We have seen a tremendous shift towards this approach in outside sales positions over the past 2 years especially. Most candidates now expect some form of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/how-to-manage-a-staff-of-young-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":1366,"position":3},"title":"How to Manage a Staff of Young Employees","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"We have a bit of an impromptu theme this week starting with our article released Monday. Generations X and Y are popular topics these days. I have been catching up to some older articles and came across this one from allbusiness.com which is the title of this post. 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