The easy stuff is hard.
Today marks my first week back at work after two weeks paternity leave. Day one, not so bad. My boss reminded me that a great way to balance work and home is to be “100% present” wherever I ...READ»
I am writing this post in my home office, dressed comfortably in shorts and a t-shirt. My daughter, Annaliese, was born just 13 days ago, July 26th. I am taking two weeks off to stay home with her and my wife, Dawn. These past two ...READ»
Please sleep at work:
Oh, the lazy, hazy days of summer. The perfect time to sleep at work. You’ve never done that? In the good old days when I had a regular job I napped at work. I was a bachelor then, but that’s ...READ»
Why working from home is impossible:
Have you wondered why so many people treat coffee shops as workstations? I’ve finally figured it out.
According to statistics and experts-in-the-know, more and more people are working from ...READ»
The lobsters holding you back
Do you have lobsters on your team? For your sake, I hope not.
I recently suggested on my radio show and on my blog that you must fill your position if you want to keep it and more than fill it if ...READ»
Time to be domoted?
I recently read about senior executives who removed themselves from the payroll to keep their construction company going. This got me thinking... what’s so wrong about being demoted?
Dr Lawrence Peter ...READ»
Positions must be filled:
Do you fill your current position?
When a company needs more people to get the work done, it announces that it has positions that must be filled. If you have a job, then answer this: Do you or ...READ»
Are you mentoring or meddling?
Here’s how you can tell.
You are a mentor if you are using your experience to coach someone who is less experienced. The aim is to help the inexperienced person play a 'better' role or to ...READ»
Trust at Work:
Before you hire your next employee, be clear on what you can and cannot train. Certain desirable attributes just cannot be trained. They must be part of the employee from day one. Trust is one of those ...READ»
The Empty Desk
I once worked for a shipping line which merged with a group that included hotels and gambling resorts. As you can imagine when conservative shipping meets liberal gambling, the two CEOs had very different ...READ»
Delegating to the boss:
Picture this: Your team has a deadline to get something done. You know you can do it faster than any one on your team. You can even do it better than any of them. What do you do – do you do it ...READ»
Organizations are strange concoctions:
Organizations are staffed with people who agree to strive for collective objectives in exchange for individual rewards. These people agree on a code of conduct and also to follow ...READ»
In his blog entry Multi-personality Disorder, Nick Burton talks about how the way someone portrays themselves can be so different across different media. I agree on this point. But this is not a new phenomenon.
I think people ...READ»
Chapter 2: Create Your Own Job Security: Stomp Office Politics!Developing the Mindset. http://www.glocrest.com/globalcrestblog/Traci’s situation can mirror to some degree our own lives in the career world. It is amazing how far ...READ»
Cherish Your Unreasonable People:
Don't be tempted during this recession to get rid of your unreasonable people.
George Bernard Shaw once wrote that, "The reasonable man adapts himself
to the world. The unreasonable ...READ»
i'm really starting to belive that what we call leadership training and development is really crap. most of it teaches WHAT leadershipis, not HOW to do it. tell me what you think about that statement.READ»
The simplest measure of financial health:
During a recession, what is the best measure you can use to check your ongoing financial health? A measure that applies to organizations and to individuals?
Cash flow. Come to think of ...READ»
Reverse sexual harassment:
Heard the one about the bus driver who asked his female passenger to move or get off his bus? She had on a very low cut blouse and was sitting right in the sight-line of his rear-view mirror. He ...READ»
When efficiency costs too much:
Now that everybody is shouting ‘recession’ and demanding belts to be tightened, I have a question for you: “Can efficiency cost too much?” Most people think that the point of efficiency is ...READ»
Delegating to the boss:
Picture this: Your department has a deadline to get something done. You know you can do it faster than any one on your team. You can even do it better than any of them. What do you do – do you do it ...READ»
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy:
As 2008 speeds up, it is time to remember the power of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
A self-fulfilling prophecy happens when you hold a false belief concerning a future event which then comes ...READ»
'I Don't Know':
I want to share with you the three most important words I have learned as a consultant. They are “I don’t know”.
Yes, I know that consultants are not normally paid for not knowing. Nor are leaders. ...READ»
Details of a recession:
Unexpected things tend to happen during a recession. Dealing with the unexpected is said to be the most difficult aspect of business life. My experience has taught me the opposite. The most difficult ...READ»
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 ...READ»
I am currently writing on employee engagement at www.davidzinger.com and I plan to write some material here too.
I also write a social / information network on employee engagement at www.employeeengagement.ning.com
I look ...READ»
