- We have really neat business cards with job titles like Production Wizard and CEO of Fun.
- Our stationery is recycled paper.
- Our firm's name is catchy.
- So is our slogan.
- The owners have like really interesting backgrounds.
- We do killer PowerPoint.
- Our office is done in a very impressive, cafe mocha motif with prints by street artists.
- We are always thinking outside the box.
- We also walk the talk.
- We are very nonjudgmental.
- We celebrate diversity so long as everyone feels the same way about things.
- We can like basically talk the same language as most of our customers. Basically.
- Every day is casual Friday.
- We don't have employees. We have colleagues.
- Each of us has a Blackberry.
- We are so into instant messaging.
- No firewalls!
- Our Colleague of the Year gets a trip to Belize unless, of course, they're from Belize, in which case they can go to some other place that's really exotic, like Detroit.
- As soon as we've been in business seven years we're going to have sabbaticals.
- Our annual retreats involve drums, a talking stick, and sharing personal stories.
- We have no inner circle. Some of our circles are just a little further out than others.
- We are pet-friendly.
- Since we are family, we don't fire people. We do, however, put some out for adoption.
- We have special "office party" days. Examples include Muffin Day, Colleagues Who Type Things Day, and Clean the Break Room Day.
- Our web site totally rocks!
Commentary by management consultant Michael Wade on Leadership, Ethics, Management, and Life
Monday, April 23, 2007
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