What's Your SocialStyle?

Heath Row — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:18:24 +0000

A week or so ago, I took a series of leadership and management training courses where I work. One of the tools we used was the Tracom Group's Social Style Self-Perception Questionnaire. It's all of 30 questions -- you have to select one of two options that detail how you see yourself interacting with the people in your life.

Finally, Myers-Briggs!

Heath Row — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:20:58 +0000

You'd think I'd have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment by now, eh? Not so! But because I'm on a bit of a self-improvement kick so far this year, I decided it was high time. So this afternoon, I took the test through PersonalityDesk, which also offers several other assessment tests -- and perhaps more attractively, a telephone or email discussion of your results.

Office Furniture Porn

Heath Row — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:37:37 +0000

The new edition of Design Within Reach's Workspace catalog arrived in the mail yesterday. And I felt like I was receiving a porn magazine. The catalog is as well designed as anything they sell, and I'm slightly ashamed of our Allsteel Inc. cube farm -- we couldn't have gone with Herman Miller, even?

Lesson One: Show Up

Heath Row — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:34:14 +0000

Last week, I got a phone call from the assistant for someone I didn't know. Apparently, he's a member of an organization I'm active in -- and he was calling area members in order to meet them and gauge whether there were any connections or synergies.

This person also appears to sell insurance, so I was somewhat skeptical, thinking that this was an easy way to check out potential sales leads. Regardless, I agreed to meet him for coffee yesterday afternoon.

Free to Freecycle

Heath Row — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:47:25 +0000

Some of the best tools are extremely simple and functional. And lately, I've been enamored with the Freecycle Network, a loosely knit group of people around the world who are dedicating to reusing cast-off items -- and thereby reducing the amount of waste they create.