Frode Heimen's Blog (5)

In search of the perfect team

I am a call center manager. I have one challenge that I never find a good solution for, and that is how to compose the best team of support agents. I am not going to team up the best agents. I want to find the best team. So what am I looking for? First I think I need to define what I want to achie… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on August 4, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

My dream job...

I would like to tap water on bottles. Norwegian fresh mountain water. And I would love to have some variants with taste. I would love to tap them on small bottles or boxes with straws and sell it to kids. It needs to have an appealing design so kids pick it in stead of drinks with sugar. Every employee should be a stock holder and be people that would do anything to create a great and happy work place. I just read: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56801W20090709 and started… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on July 12, 2009 at 9:39am — 1 Comment

Motivation vs Inspiration

Hi. I just found this great link with a very interesting topic. http://betterworldmovement.com/2009/07/Motivation-or-Inspiration/ "Motivation is something that comes from within. As a manager or leader, I dont believe I can motivate you to do something, especially something that you aren’t interested in doing. Motivation is completely personal. What I CAN do is to create an environment that fost… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on July 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

How to get your dream job part 1 of 3 - DRAFT

Hi! I am currently writing a blog post about finding your dream job. I would love to get feedback on this before I publish it on my blog. I would like to get more ideas to include in my list of "likes" in the table. If you have any idea for more skills I really would love your input. Thanks in advance. Frode Heimen ------------------------The blog post----------------------… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on July 4, 2009 at 7:35pm — 3 Comments

I Need You - Just 5 Minutes

"We Need You - Just 5 Minutes" David Zinger PortraitContribute 5 minutes - Connect with 1 person, forum, or blog. Give 5 minutes of your time to develop the network before July begins! - Got this e-mail from David today and I followed his lead. I chose to read more about Mike Henry Sr, and found his blog at: http://leadchangegroup.com/ - I enjoyed reading it, and decided to follow his blog with RSS. Please do follow David's advice, it is fun to find new interesting people and blogs. Have a gr… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on June 25, 2009 at 7:30am — 16 Comments

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