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Replenishing The Trust Deficit

Most of us weren’t surprised when Pew Research reported, “Only 22% percent of the public trust the government in Washington almost always or most of the time.” We were unfazed when Gallup found, “Americans’ confidence in banks is at a historic low.” And we didn’t blink when a Maritz poll told us, “Only 10% of employees trust management to make the right decisions in times of uncertainty.” But teachers? Cheating?! When teachers in Atlanta falsified standardized test scores by erasing wrong answers and supplying correct ones, we were shocked. With upwards of 175 educators, including principals, involved in the falsifying of results, the question echoes again, “who can you trust?” These troubling trends and heart-grabbing headlines affect our collective psyche, diminish our sense of well-being, and reinforce the impression that everyone from teachers to politicians are not worthy of our trust. But, you and I aren’t going to rebuild broken trust in Washington, increase perceptions of
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Data Management - Future Proofing For Success

The financial services industry has never been under a brighter spotlight or stronger microscope than it has been for the past year. Everywhere you turn there is someone or some organisation making demands towards greater regulation to control or monitor risk. At the same time, firms have begun to recognise that if they look after their own affairs before they are mandated by someone else, they will inevitably help themselves to avoid the fate of others no longer with us. Managing the new world risk challenges that they face demands that the data management work needed for tomorrow's business is started today. A key challenge to effectively managing risk and exposure is undoubtedly data management. Custodians and regulators alike agree that the inconsistencies in the myriad of systems out there can cause dissemination issues that ultimately make it extremely difficult to calculate an organisation's overall risk or exposure level. As we move forward, firms will be expected to
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Comply or Die - It's No Longer an Option

Today's quick-paced, information-rich businesses are full of data that can be classified, collected, tracked, stored, archived, and potentially located. No successful business can hide from the need for accurate business records management. Across the industry, organisations are searching for tools to help them achieve corporate compliance. But despite existing in the new era of cloud computing and ever evolving technology, many organisations remain dependant on a 20th century, manual process when it comes to records managements. The amount of data a business produces is staggering. Many organisations, from the top down, become numb to the need for effective records management. People often do not understand the reasons for record keeping and will engage in sloppy practice - or indeed - no practice at all! Records management gets viewed as a non-mission critical task that is taken on only when more "pressing" responsibilities have been addressed and it is often delegate
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Healthier Body Comes When You Better Your Brain’s Power!

The human brain is believed to be five times bigger than an average brain of a mammal with the same body size. In human beings, the frontal lobes and the forebrain are especially expanded since these parts are the ones responsible for self-control, planning and reasoning. Thus, in order for you to have a stronger and healthier body, try to better you brain. Healthier mind means healthier body. It is during our childhood, or the early stage of our lifespan that the development of the brain and the central nervous system is critical. As we grow older, the body’s capacity to absorb nutrients is weakened. Thus, it becomes more difficult for us to protect ourselves from illnesses, injuries and stresses. Simultaneously with our aging process, we also lose neurons, or commonly called as the brain cells. Unlike the other body cells, the neurons do not regenerate nor do they replicate; and they do not have the capacity to repair themselves. Because of this, our brain is not able to perform as
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How to Achieve Your Goals If You're Born to Lose

Some individuals are just born losers, which mean that these people are bound to fail more than others. If you think that you belong in that category, then you a change of pace to start enjoying life more fully. There are some approaches that have been tried and proven by the experts and pros. You might find that you're not such a big loser after all. Understanding Yourself Take a pen and paper and give yourself a brief evaluation. Write down the things that you believe are your strengths and weaknesses. It is very likely that you have more items in your weakness list compared to the ones in your strengths list if you are a born loser. Next, try to write down the reasons why you have the strength or weakness. For example, if you listed down "Patient" in your strength list, put some more specific details such as "I am willing to wait several months to save for a new mp3 player" or if you wrote down "Lazy" in your weakness list, you can correlate by stat
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Why Is No One Reading My Blog?

Thanks for getting this far. I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog and hopefully you'll make it to the bottom of the page. Blogging is actually a whole lot more involved than I was first led to believe. I wanted to draw attention to my website to help people make money online from their home based business. "Just write a few paragraphs about what you are doing - it's easy" I was told - well let me tell you, there is a lot more that needs to be done if you want your blog to be successful . The first thing I did was lift articles from E-zine - which is perfectly legal. That gave me some quick content with a miniumum of effort. I gave the author his biline at the end of the article and all was good. But no one was reading it! Then a friend told me that while Google loves content, it gives a better score to original content blogs than it does to re-hashed versions of previously published articles. So I've moved onto writing my own content. But th
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