Here’s a very common scenario: You are at a meeting or training class, and you don’t know anyone. The person leading the meeting suggests that the group go around and introduce themselves. This is your first impression moment, and you have 20-30 seconds – if that. What you say next will determine whether you are […]
Most organizations regardless of industry, size, or uniqueness, experiences times of great expansion and times of reduction. No one is immune, not even the federal government, which is known for its ability to expand in spite of whatever is happening in the economy. And if you believe juggernauts like Apple, Amazon, and Google could never […]
In a previous post, Why we Need a Holiday From Our Screens, I talk about what we gain when we consciously turn our screens off, including a number of alternatives to spending time on our screens. But what happens when the unthinkable happens – when our mobile device has no service or battery life, and […]
There is a direct relationship between the amount of cooperation you have in an organization and the number of resources you need. Specifically, the more cooperation you have, the less resources you need. The inverse is also true, the less cooperation you have the more resources are consumed on organizational structures, processes, systems, and governance that all exist to compensate for the lack of cooperation.
I’m a huge fan of productivity, but I’m an even bigger fan of giving yourself rewards when you’ve really earned them like overcoming procrastination and taking action on something you’ve been putting off. What follows is a list of ideas to reward yourself in a healthy, fun, and sustainable way. Admittedly, these are small rewards […]
If you want balance you have to fight for it yourself. It’s a lonely battle, because no one is going to give it to you, and no one is going to help you. If anything, they’re trying to take it away.
Have you ever felt the “Sunday Night Dread”? The “Sunday Night Dread” is a phrase I coined to express the feeling you get every Sunday night before going into work on Monday morning. It’s that feeling of not looking forward to what you’re going to face the next day. You’re not looking forward to facing […]
All of us are plagued by something that we don’t want to do, and we’ve been putting it off for some time. It may be starting a business, going back to school, pursuing a new certification, taking a compliance training, starting a workout regimen, re-organizing the garage or our personal space, balancing our checkbook, or […]
