How many books have you read giving you the knowledge you need to do something, but you haven’t done it? How many seminars have you attended, giving you the skills you need to make a change in your behavior, but you haven’t changed? Knowing isn’t doing. I bet, as a leader, you know the importance [...]
[Continue reading...]Find Balance; Be Busy
August 15, 2011
Do your employees have work/life balance? Do you? With all the downsizing and rightsizing going on, people are busier than ever at work, putting in longer hours, carrying more stress. Being busy may not be the problem though. Research on well-being shows that the best adjusted people are generally the busiest people, on- and off-work. [...]
[Continue reading...]Low Man on the Totem Pole
July 29, 2011
Have you ever referred to the newest member of your work team as the “low man on the totem pole?” Meaning that he or she is at the ”bottom” in terms of value to the team and the experience and perspective they can provide. It’s a common analogy in our culture. But it’s way wrong, a common [...]
[Continue reading...]Be Unreasonable
July 14, 2011
via Sitting behind the steering wheel of a car seems to warp our thinking and thus, our behavior. Remember George Carlin’s reflection, “Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.” What is it about driving that seems to suck all of the good sense out [...]
[Continue reading...]Work is What We Make It
June 30, 2011
Why do some people love to work in their gardens and others hate to garden? It’s not about gardening, is it? The act of gardening—in and of itself—has no meaning. Each of us, when we think about the hobby of gardening, give that activity meaning. Same thing with work. On any work team, there are team members who enjoy [...]
[Continue reading...]Where you stand depends on where you sit
June 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
In Congress, the Democrats sit on one side and the Republicans sit on the other. Is it any wonder that the parties don’t get along? Or that they lack the resolve and unity of purpose to find common solutions to our nation’s huge problems? Without a doubt, as Joe Reeder, a Washington lawyer and former [...]
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