Tony Hsieh

communication between coworkers or even employees to their bosses can be more relaxed and friendly. For example, the multi-billion dollar business Zappos which is an online shoe business has a very relaxed culture as well as communication style. The CEO, Tony Hsieh, doesn’t have a corner office. He has a spot in the middle of everyone else with a small workspace. Their ideals are centered on values of positivity, creativity, and happiness. Other business, however, have a more strict line of…

As the economy rebounds from the Great Recession, companies are now able to hire workers to help them grow and thrive. Many companies have used the downturn in the economy to reinvent the hiring process, bringing it into the 21st-century. These new practices caught my attention last year as I embarked on a journey for new employment. As a 40+ male, my “desirability” index is not high on most employer’s radar and I found it very difficult to get my foot in the door. Frustrated and unemployed, I…

recruiting process. This will ensure recruits understand the time period necessary for the specific job. In “The True Cost of A Bad Hire -- It's More Than You Think” Falon Fatemi estimates the price of hiring a “bad apple.” Fatemi states,” Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once estimated bad hires had cost the company "well over $100 million” (Fatemi). A bad hire can encourage other employers to lower their performance and chose the same bad habits. Fatemi explains and analyzes how a bad apple spoils the…

Communication, being an essential part of organisational leadership affects the members of the organisations and thus in turn the performance of the organisation as a whole. Novick, Morrow and Mays (2008) substantiated this by stating that, the most important skills required by a leader in the 21st century are communication skills. Roebuck (2012) mentioned that leading change and encouraging a vision for internal communication and interacting with external stakeholders for eminent position and…

Methodology The methodology consists of three separate assessments, one for each of the forces identified as important contributor in the city's potential for a creative milieu in Downtown Las Vegas and each addressing the corresponding set of research questions. The first is a measure of the socio-economic conditions of the Las Vegas region or the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA Conditions), the second is to identify the government agencies' strategies (GOV Actions) in the revitalization…