Turnover, voluntary or forced, is part of the workplace cycle. As in nature, some changes take place a leaf at a time while in other instances a hurricane performs the serious pruning. This article addresses some things you should consider when an employee enters your office and says, “I quit!”; [Read more…]
Increasing Productivity by Doing Less
Who wouldn’t like to get more done in less time, have excess hours and energy to devote to family, hobbies, and rest? If you looked at the actions and habits of the average worker, you would wonder. We seem to be increasing productivity to levels formerly seen as impossible, lengthening our commutes and expanding our hours in the office at a price of 25-40% less sleep than our grandparents. Are we healthier or happy because of it, studies says “no.” [Read more…]
Gratitude is Good for Your Health
I’ve never understood why it is so difficult for some people to say “thank you.” It begs the question, “Are we really grateful?” and, “For what and whom?” And most important, “Can we admit it to ourselves and share it with others?”
Recent research by Micheal E McCullough, a professor at the University of Miami, confirms what we’ve heard so many times, “It’s better to give than receive.” What the work describes is how giving back and being grateful measurably reduces anxiety and depression, increases satisfaction with life, reduces aggression, and increases our likeability. Not a bad pay back. [Read more…]
Encouraging and Making Progress
Do you have days when you feel like you’re getting nowhere or sense a project will never end? Worked on initiatives where you were only part of the solution and would never see the finished product? Wonder what happened to that suggestion that received such a positive reception and now seems to have disappeared? Join the crowd. So many of us are not privy to or given access to much of the work and decisions that are made in our workplace. What we also lack is any kind of regular feedback that would motivate, inform, and engage us to carry on. [Read more…]
Competitive Edge Career Maintenance Program
How do you keep your career in top running shape when all you do is run all day? The answer is planning and discipline with a Career Maintenance Program. Let’s break it down into time slots.
Annually
Develop three month, six month, and annual goals in tandem with your department/employer’s business plan and vision. Get buy-in from your immediate supervisor as well as those above him/her. Make sure your career development program ties to your incentive package. [Read more…]
Starbucks – The People Connecting Business
I heard Harold Schultz, the man who took Starbucks to where it is today, on Charlie Rose the other night. Did you see him? If not, you can watch the interview at charlierose.com.
I was struck by how “un-corporate” he was. His answers were personal in tone, direct in manner and when he was not sure he said so with great ease. Refreshing and a bit of an adjustment for Charlie and, I would guess, his viewers. [Read more…]
Organization Team Culture — an Executive Coach’s Perspective
In another career (as you know I’ve had a few) I joined a large, brand named, organization as a senior leader of a newly forming division. The concept, while not new, was different from the core business. When I interviewed for the job, my future boss gave me the challenge, “You‘ll be in charge of creating the culture of this group.” I accepted not knowing exactly what that meant or how I was going to do it. I knew many groups evolved into what they became, somewhat haphazardly, with only a select few working from a defined vision. I also knew we had to be the latter because 598 of the 600 people who worked for me were not in Headquarters but working at 60+ locations and haphazard could easily turn into chaos. [Read more…]
Vision is Bigger and Better Than a Goal
You’re always setting goals. In many instances they are set-ups for disappointment and a pre-determined sense of failure. Why? Because they are too narrow, too specific and not very intriguing or motivating. Lose 10 pounds – now that gets your heart pounding, yes? I don’t think so. It has to be you in that fabulous outfit looking healthy, trim and walking into the room and people complimenting you on how great you look, not a scale moving backwards. [Read more…]
How to Get the Offer
I see it over and over again, a client goes on an interview, makes it past HR (in my book the highest hurdle), is sent up to meet the department head, onto the hiring manager with a stop by the top person, and then no offer. What happened?
Ruling out the circumstances beyond your control, such as they were going to hire from within from the get go, a hiring freeze was put in place, or they chose not to fill the position, what can you do to make sure you get the offer, promotion, or key project? [Read more…]
Getting a Raise in a No Increase Environment
Money is tight everywhere. Even people doing well are feeling the impact of local, national, and global slowdowns in the economy. That said, it doesn’t necessarily mean no one is getting merit increases, promotions, and salary adjustments. Whether you work for a company that has a very structured compensation review process or are employed in a more entrepreneurial setting where salaries are handled in a less formal manner, you have to have a strategy and approach to making sure you are getting what you have rightfully earned without jeopardizing what you have. [Read more…]
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