How to Turn the Dysfunctional Workplace into an Environment Where People Actually Want to Work

Roxanne Emmerich — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:54:27 -0400

We've all been there. You walk into a bank, restaurant, or store and suddenly feel it, that vague sensation that all is not well. It drips from the ceilings and sits in puddles on the floor. The employees are lost in thought, unable to decide whether they'd rather be somewhere else or stay and kill each other. And you're the lucky one bathing in all the poison they can ladle up.

Yeesh.

How True Leaders Execute Plans Without Fail & Celebrate Their Victories

Roxanne Emmerich — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:45:54 -0400

Execution is everything. Plan all you want, dream all you can, then turn that key or you've accomplished nothing. Execution is what separates those with lofty ideas from those who end up winning the game. It's about taking strategies and making sure they are implemented with power.

Creating a culture of execution is a leadership issue. It combines creating a "no-excuses, get-it-done" culture with the systems, processes, and accountabilities that ensure things are done consistently and well. But it's also more than a leadership issue.

How to Feel Happy at Work--7 Secrets of a "Thank God It's Monday" Workplace

Roxanne Emmerich — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:52:27 -0400

What accounts for the difference between "Oh crap, it's Monday" and "Thank God it's Monday"? It's your happiness. And, for your own emotional and mental health, you need to feel happy at work.

It all boils down to seven habits that can change everything about the culture of your workplace.

1. Show up fully and commit with all your heart

How to Get Motivated and Love Your Job Again

Roxanne Emmerich — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:48:37 -0400

Remember your very first day on the job? Your shoes had a shine like the tiles on the Space Shuttle and the crease in your slacks could have diced celery. The air was somehow fresher, the birds chirpier. You had been hired. You'd been given a chance to excel, a chance to make a difference.

Now contrast that with this morning.

Are you motivated to wake up every morning and go to your job with full enthusiasm?

How to Create a 20/20 Business Vision and Why it Matters

Roxanne Emmerich — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:54:41 -0400

At some point in his or her career, every politician gets tarred with a catch phrase--and usually not a flattering one.

George Bush, Sr. is stuck with two. There was "Read my lips, no new taxes," of course. But only slightly less unfortunate was his dismissal of what he called, "The 'vision thing.'"

He was trying at the time to shake the impression that he was a competent day-to-day manager but he lacked any grander vision of where he wanted to lead the country. His choice of words and tone of voice didn't exactly help.