Work/Life Balance Is A Myth; Here's What You Can Do About It When people describe a satisfying life, they envision working hard but dictating their own assignments or hours. They want to make real contributions, but take breaks when they’re tired, and have time for family. What they really need is control. But, frequently, what they think they want is balance--and that’s where trouble starts.
Updated Mon Jan 23, 2012
Merry Christmas To All, And A Buzzword-Free New Year! 'Twas the week before Christmas and enterprise-wide/Not a creature was stirring, our bandwidth was fried/We’d been synergized, leveraged, geographically dispersed/Right-sized, incentivized, and engineered in reverse... Click through for more of our C-suite twist on "The Night Before Christmas"--and a holiday plea for a jargon-free workplace.
Updated Mon Dec 19, 2011
Golf, The Abominable Game That Won't Help Your Career There’s so much to hate about golf. The cost. The time it consumes. People who talk about golf. But the worst thing about golf is the notion that you can’t be successful in business unless you play it.
Updated Thu Dec 1, 2011
What Is Your Leadership Legacy? When Jack Layton, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, died from cancer, the citizens of Toronto turned a ten-acre city square into an impromptu memorial in chalk. If you think your leadership legacy will be "Your meetings, for the most part, ended early,” it's time to consider the impact you want to make on your organization.
Updated Mon Oct 31, 2011
