Volume

25

Issue

2

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2013

Abstract

News and Features

How to Reject Bad Ideas….Without People

Rejecting You! Curt Wang tells us the key to

your success is to learn to reject or redirect bad

ideas in a thoughtful, positive and more collaborative

way. He gives us six tips to consider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Traditional Job Descriptions Don’t Attract Top

Talent A recent research study identified the 10

biggest mistakes companies make when hiring. The

study included over 130 companies ranging in size

from Fortune 500 to mid-size privately held

organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

A Fool With a Tool is Still a Fool Many people

mistakenly believe that the software or technology

itself is the solution to enhance a business process,

when in reality, technology is at best 10 percent

of the value equation—the other 90 percent is based

on the human factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Savvy Entrepreneurs Play by Different Rules

in Uncertain Times The entrepreneurs who are

successful during times of uncertainty are so because

they don’t rely on the standard approaches they’d use

in predictable times, and they look for opportunities in

situations that would have been considered negatives

five years ago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Columns

Computer Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Real Estate Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Lists:

Architectual/Engineering Firms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Top Commercial/Industrial Contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Banks in the Inland Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Human Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Financial Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Software Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Business Success. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Executive Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

High Desert Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 & 29

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

County of Riverside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Manager’s Bookshelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Restaurant Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Executive Time Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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