Do You Deserve a Better Job?
You will not always do what you are doing now. You will go on to as many as seven distinct careers, ten to fifteen different jobs, perhaps a dip or dive into your own entrepreneurial venture and hopefully, some significant philanthropy.
That’s why the thing that you do, what you actually accomplish at work, may …
4 Ways to Ask For a Flexible Work Schedule
A decade ago flexible working was considered something of a perk.
Nowadays, with smartphones, tablets and laptops, more and more of us manage to carve out arrangements that allow us to work flexibly in some shape or form.
This might mean working one day per week from home, staggering the commute or doing longer hours …
Design Your Own Productivity System For Greater Efficiency
I’m organizationally challenged. As result, I’ve read nearly every book and tried all kinds of systems to keep me focused and on track. The problem is that I seem unable to adopt many of the tips and tools suggested by productivity experts. I suspect that there is a gene for organization and productivity. People who …
How Small Business Leaders Fail Engaging in Candid Communications
Last week you read why it is important for small business leaders to engage in direct, candid communications in their workplaces.
They should also invest some energy in creating a culture of candid communication, where direct, candid conversations between all personnel and all levels is the expectation.
Few do, however.
The reason is, it is …
3 Thoughtful Thanks Necessary to Build a Stronger Connection
We know that appreciation that is seen as fake or manipulative is not received as appreciation at all. That fact, most all of us get. Yet, what also happens is mediocre attempts to appreciate someone that’s done more out of obligation or convenience can also have no effect to negative effects, too.
1. Appreciate someone …
Theatrics are Required in a Leader
When things are not going well, you can: (1) show it, or (2) not show it. There is play pretend needed as an adult, just as you did as a child. When you were a kid, you acted out your dreams. You dressed and spoke like a cowboy, an actress, or a fireman. Similarly, as …
Draining Out Your Bias
With so many different resources for information today, we must add an extra step in our learning process. When we listen to a pitch from a salesman or a stance on a debatable issue from a politician we can easily identify their bias. But what about the bias that comes from all the little pieces …
Leaders Must Master Candid, One-on-One Communication
The most egregious mistake leaders make is failing to be direct and candid with the people they lead.
I know, because as an immature leader early in my career I made that mistake time and again.
Many other leaders carry on my lame tradition to this day and it’s killing organizations.
That’s why candid, one-on-one …
Using Disruptive Innovation to Impact your Career Path
By now you have probably heard of Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen’s seminal book “The Innovators Dilemma” and perhaps may have read it a few times since its release in 1997. Even if you haven’t read or heard of it there are a few lessons to be learned and heeded from the model Professor Christensen proposed. …
Your Time Will Come
(Be Patient) Your Time Will Come
Has anyone ever told you this?
What do you think when you hear this?
Is it patronizing & placating or perhaps passive aggressive? Or is it positive?
In business who decides when “your time will come” has come?
I submit that you decide.
You decide when and where you …