workplace environment

Okay Enough About Tiger. And Elin. What About The Rest of Us?

Carol Scott — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:45:05 -0500

Five Best Practices for Leveraging Generation Differences in the Workplace

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:45:25 -0500

After writing and speaking on the topic of cross generation communication for over seven years, I’ve collected best practices from clients and people who have attended my programs and/or read my articles.

The Silent Epidemic of HIV and AIDS; Why Should Anyone Care

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:25:03 -0500

When I told a colleague that today World AIDS Day, and that I was going to attend a panel discussion, she gave me a surprised look and said, " I thought we had solved that problem," to which I replied that while AIDS was no longer a death sentence for everyone infected, there were still large numbers of people infected in the world particularly amongst women and people of color."

Five Ways to Leverage Generation Differences and Create Better Places to Work

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:39:46 -0500

Here are five ways people have told me they were able to leverage generation differences to recruit, hire and retain talent and create work environments where people love to do their best work:

The 3 "Must Have" Gifts to Give & Receive this Holiday Season Guaranteed to Reduce Your Stress

Carol Scott — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:48 -0500

#1 Give Kids the Gift of Certainty. According to the the annual American Psychological Association (APA) Study, Stress in America (released 11/3/09) parents and kids had a very different perspectives on how our kids are experiencing stress. Adults and young people ages 8 -17 years old were surveyed. 63% of parents said their children had little or no stress. In reality only 31% of young people reported little or no stress.

How Sun Microsystems Fans the Flames of Employee Passion

Simma Lieberman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:34:39 -0500

How Sun Microsystems Fans the Flames of Employee Passion

How does an organization like Sun Microsystems create a workplace where employees love to come to work? Bill MacGowan Chief Human Resource Officer for Sun Microsystems, was gracious enough to share some of their best practices.

Reduce Your Risk for Swine Flu by Reducing Your Stress!

Carol Scott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:03:08 -0500

Caring for and listening to patients fuels my passion for the practice of Emergency Medicine-- until flu season! This year we have not even reached the traditional seasonal flu season (Dec-Feb) and we are caring for scores of patients with "influenza like illness" or confirmed cases of Swine Flu (H1N1) infections. Decided it's time to talk about influenza and stress.

Starwood Hotels are Heavenly for Guests and Employees

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:20:19 -0400

Does your workplace culture inspire employees to do their best work? Even though we are still in tough economic times do you still provide resources for your employees to develop relationships with customers so they are inspired to return? Do your customers and employees champion your products and services?

Nancy London, the Vice President and global brand leader for Starwood Hotels, which include Westin, Sheraton, and St. Regis, answered yes to all three questions.

What's Unique About Stress in the Lives of Working Women?

Carol Scott — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:13:38 -0400

This is a notable week for working women. Maria Shriver hosted the California Governor’s Conference for Women, which highlighted the Shriver Report. On the East coast, Carol Evans is currently hosting the Working Mother Media 100 Best Companies Work-Life Congress in NYC. I will be attending a luncheon tomorrow honoring Wendy C.

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How Cisco Creates Loyal Employees; Life/Work Integration Policies Pay Off

Simma Lieberman — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:17:56 -0400

Loyal employees are not born. Their organization creates them. In searching for some examples, I met Ann-Marie Yap, a senior manager at Cisco. She provided me with some extraordinary reasons why she loves her work and why she stays where she is.

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Are Your Employees Also Your Honored Guests?

Simma Lieberman — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:01:17 -0400

If you don't create a culture where employees love doing their best work, why would you surprised if your customers are unhappy?
When I was ordering dinner through room service in a very upscale hotel whose name I won't mention, I asked the woman who was reciting the specials to me to make a recommendation.
She replied, "They're all good." I pressed further and asked her which one of the specials she enjoyed the most.
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How Oracle and Sun Microsystems Can Reduce Buy-out Stress

Simma Lieberman — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:32:20 -0400

As an organizational development consultant, I have worked with several organizations that have either merged, or where one has bought the other. Based on best practices and mistakes I’ve experienced with clients I offer ten ways for Oracle and Sun Microsystems to reduce stress amongst their employees. Some of them may already be in process.
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Finding Calm In Stress

Simma Lieberman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:09:39 -0400

Finding Calm In Stress; how my dog locked me out ofread more

Executives Under Stress During Stressful Times Need Executive Stress Solutions

Simma Lieberman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:58:49 -0400

Executives Under Stress During Stressful Times Need Executive Stress Solutions

According to the National Institutes of Health, “people who feel more in control at their jobs tend to feel less stressed out.”

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Risk and Reward on a French Water Slide: is your business making a splash?

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:09:54 -0400

Starting a business is always risky. For those of us who’ve started successful businesses we’ve had to balance risks and the promise of rewards. Sometimes you feel the fear but do it anyway, because if you don’t do it, there will be a part of your life that never gets lived.

There are other risks that we take that seem to have nothing to do with our work life but the risks we take in our personal lives are intertwined with the risks we take in our business.
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Are You Planning a Vacation or a Staycation?

Simma Lieberman — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:09:04 -0400

“Staycations” are a myth and waste of time for entrepreneurs and business leaders.

In case you’re wondering what a staycation is, here is a definition from Wikipedia.

“A staycation (or stay-cation, or stacation, or staykation) is a neologism for a period of time in which an individual or family stays at home and relaxes at home or takes day trips from their home to area attractions.”

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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.

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Building Relationships Can Reduce Stress; NY cabbie finds cell phone

Simma Lieberman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:30:19 -0400

A recent experience reinforced my belief that building relationships can relieve stress and that having a diversity and inclusion outlook can help build relationships.

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How the Internet Ruined Almost Ruined My London Vacation

Simma Lieberman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:36:20 -0400

Actually it was the lack of Internetaccess that caused me great stress and threatened to impede my life/workbalance.

I’m in London with my 15-year-oldson. We arrived last night from Berkeley, CA. Since life/work balance is soimportant to me I knew that I needed a vacation. At the same time I have abusiness to run and I’m in the midst of several projects.
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The Care & Feeding of Intrapreneurial Employees

Paul Glover — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:05:07 -0400

To thrive in the the WorkQuake(tm) of the Knowledge Economy, an organization must find, retain and develop Intraprenuerial Employees. Here's how:
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Onboarding for Fun & Profit!

Paul Glover — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:02:37 -0400

Orientation ain't cutting it anymore in the time of the WorkQuake(tm)! Instead organizations need to pay more attention to not only who the hire but what they are doing to retain who they hire. An Onboarding Process will increase retention and productivity - and that's a very good thing.
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Clarence Otis Jr. Interview

Paul Glover — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:55:06 -0400

In the June 7th New York Times there was an interview with Clarence Otis Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden & Capital Grille - talk about diversity!)that I found intriguing because of his answers to 2 questions:

1 - Good piece of advice given: it's not about planning...it's about preparation & skill building - this gives the resilience everyone needs to recover from the inevitable mistakes they will make.

This is the essence of thriving in the WorkQuake(TM) of the Knowledge Economy!
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The Entreprenurial Organization

Paul Glover — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:50:44 -0400

It's not the strongest nor most intelligent of the species that survive; it is the one most adaptable to change" -- Charles Darwin

Last week's post generated discussion about what constitutes an Entrepreneurial Organization, Intrapreneurial Employees and Evangelist Customers. Here's my definition of THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ORGANIZATION
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Stop Warning Me to Get Ready for the End

Simma Lieberman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:01:28 -0400

I can’t take any more newsletters warning me to get ready for the end of the recession as though I should be building a bomb shelter. If I didn’t know better I would think they were trying to scare me into hoarding canned goods in case there was a sudden earthquake of economic prosperity, a massive influx of new hires and a mob of customers demanding products and services.
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What's the Plan Stan Deux?

Paul Glover — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:09:18 -0400
I’ve written a lot lately about the need for every Company, as well as every department in the Company, to have a Strategic Plan. Clearly, every Company needs the basic roadmap that describes, in clear and simple terms, how it is going to get from where it is to where it wants to be. And every department in the Company needs a One Page Departmental Strategic Plan – developed by the Employees in the department - that aligns what the department doe
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