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Shel Holtz
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Neville Hobson writes that more than two-thirds of UK companies are blocking employee access to Facebook and similar sites based on the fear that employees will waste time rather than get their work done. (This according to according to a study reported in the Daily Telegraph.

I wish I could say I was surprised by this, but I was expecting it.…

Years ago, before social media, I did a presentation at an IABC conference that addressed information overload. The blogosphere didn’t exist, there were none of today’s social networks, no Twitter/Jaiku/Pownce, no media sharing sites, no social bookmarking or ranking sites. Yet email and the web alone seemed to be causing a panic. People overwhelmed by the volume of content lamented the good old…

Last week during his keynote at Ragan‘s Corporate Communicators Conference, Steve Crescenzo blasted a host of topics covered by internal communicators. Articles about employee wellness were at the top of Steve’s list. Talking to employees about their health is a waste of time and resources; employees aren’t likely to take advice on their health from the company, anyway.

Hot on the heels of the…

For some time now, I’ve been urging companies to establish employee blogging policies. I still think that’s the case, but I’m also wondering how effective they’ll be if employees have something they really want to get off their chests. And, of course, a blogging policy won’t help if employees take their gripes to YouTube.

Two cases in point:

Things are bad at BP. Very, very bad.

Tony Hayward, the company’s top exploration and production exec, posted an item to the company’s intranet slamming current leadership. Labeled, “Hayward shares candid views on 2006,” the piece listed the company’s flaws. It’s most likely no coincidence that Hayward is angling to become BP’s next top dog.

According to a Financial Times piece, Hayward took direct aim at current BP honcho Lord…

In a large company, odds are there are a few rotten apples. No matter how rigorous the recruiting process, how thorough the background checks, a handful of these losers will sneak through the net. It’s just inevitable. They grouse and complain about their employers no matter how well they’re treated. They take sick days when they’re not sick. They abuse privileges. Given the…

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