Recently a friend and I had an interesting conversation about an upcoming performance review at work. She was not expecting it to be a pleasant experience since her supervisor said they would meet so “I can tell you how to do a better job.” We explored her thoughts and feelings about this prospect and found [...]
This year I decided against making a New Year’s Resolution about my career because they tend to be head exercises and I have learned that the heart must also be engaged. Yet, somehow the fact that we are at a new beginning makes me want to review, refresh and recharge. How could I accomplish this? [...]
While there are many people in the world who view Christmas as a religious celebration of the birth of Christ, I believe that Christmas has many other important meanings for us. On listening to Christmas music this week and thinking about the thoughts and emotions it brought up, I began to think about just what [...]
How does “Dinner & A Movie” sound? Many companies provide a business video library but staff members often forget they are there. If you can’t find any in the office library, visit Business Training Media, if you can purchase some for the company. Even easier and affordable are the many YouTube business entries. Here’s one [...]
Does your closet look like this? Think about the impact of this on your morning. Now what can I wear to work today? The first thing you try has a button missing, the next has a spot of ketchup and salad dressing on the front. Where’s that jacket? I don’t have time to iron that [...]
In these times of economic downturn, many organizations are restructuring and making rather dramatic changes in their internal processes and/or external services. Often staff members are given instructions about implementing the changes without a great deal of consultation. This leaves them feeling resentful and stressed. Sometimes they grumble amongst themselves and the negativity grows and [...]
This week I attended a coaching breakfast where Thomas Crane, author of “The Heart of Coaching – Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Culture”. You can find his blog here. Later, while discussing leadership development with a client, the subject of coaching culture came up again. Whose job is it to make this happen? [...]
When we take ourselves too seriously, situations can get pretty heavy. We jump to conclusions and take random comments to heart and react as though they were criticism. This immediate reaction occurs especially when we are very busy and many deadlines are looming. When we are passionate about our work, we begin to identify ourselves [...]
Lately I’ve noticed that there are days when many new tasks are coming at me while I’m trying to concentrate on the task at hand. My desk gets piled up with all this new material and people are placing pressure for answers or completion of something. Everyone has their own deadlines. This is the time [...]
How much liquid do you consume in a day? Your answer will no doubt include many cups of coffee. While we know that coffee gives us a pleasant lift in the morning, the impact of more will not be the same. As the work day wears on, more and more coffee produces jangling nerves and [...]
