Year-end business has a lot of implications; wrapping up the books, setting new year’s goals, writing up staff performance appraisals and often efforts in recognition. Recognizing company, team and individual accomplishments is as common as mistletoe this time of year. A lot of times it is a leader’s speech or toast at a party, sometimes […]
Substance and Style are not mutually exclusive. The majority of us, however, like with most binary characteristics, want a healthy blend as ideal. Our drives tend to push us to a natural side one more than the other but both sides and many blends can be successful. Depending on your role it may be that […]
Were you born lazy, or did you earn your bouts of lazy? Lazy is a peculiar trait; sometimes a judgment, sometimes an obvious behavior–or avoidance! Is the simple solution motivation or can you be motivated similarly to be lazy? I’m glad I’m sorting this all out now, I’ve been meaning to write about it for […]
Let’s dismiss the PC yielding right up front. We’re going to talk about mental health and your work and how disguised and undiagnosed and unrecognized problems can be. So what is crazy? For this purpose it is not a poor euphemism for mentally ill but rather a synonym to take seriously. As two highly successful […]
As one who has written many business plans and created or helped craft hundreds of goals it might seem antithetical to suggest that your best chances for success are not for your people to simply meet those goals or hit their plans but rather, when extraordinary things occur to propel accomplishment above and beyond “normal” […]
It is a routine job for a parent to make sure their small child makes regular trips to the potty to perform natural duties. Eventually that job no longer needs supervising, save of course, the occasional wiggling dance or personals clutching that suggests a reminder is needed (with the obligatory “wash your hands” addendum for […]
