Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as The New York Post, tells it, is “so rattled by the launch of Microsoft’s rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service.”
I came across this article and image today and it brought a smile to my face: http://bit.ly/EWB9i
Working with a project team can sometimes be a struggle, especially if some team members are not on board with the overall project and goal.
It can be difficult to get them on-side and working as effectively as possible and this could be down to a number of reasons.
Here are my top 5 tips to ensure your project team is happy and full of beans!
Researching some information recently on the net, I came across this article, which was quite useful since this is something we’re actively working on currently.
I think the main point is:
“Social networking is a love-hate relationship. On the one hand managers want their workers to experiment so they can cultivate new-world skills. Employees as brand ambassadors! Products virally transformed into overnight hits!
On the other hand, bosses are filled with foreboding about social networking’s dark side—losing secrets to rivals, the corporate embarrassment of errant employee tweets, becoming the latest victim of a venomous crowd.”
If your employees are actively using Social Media to start work-related discussions, you must have a Social Media Strategy in place to safeguard both the reputation company and the obligations of the employee.
Tony Burke is a Program & Project Manager for IT and web business applications.
He's particularly interested in the latest online trends and technologies, project management methodologies and providing the best service possible for his company and clients.
He's also a bit of a geek and footballer.