Sex. Work. Your heart
No, this isn't about sex in the workplace or about sex and your heart--sorry to disappoint you. This is about something Warren Buffett said:
“Take a job that you love. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t ...
We have beliefs about everything, but not all of our beliefs are helpful or defensible:
Robert is the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. It's not the biggest company around by far, but it's not tiny either. He brought me in and said, "Our sales are down this year and I have to do something now." I asked Robert, "How were sales last year." He ...
A little over a week ago, CPI Corp shut it's doors. CPI who, you say? You might not know the name, but I bet you've seen them taking family portraits with the babies and small kids squirming and crying in their studios housed in Sears, Walmart and Babies R Us. ...
Every company wants to be on The List—you know, the list of companies employees and customers rave about. Every leader and team member wants to be on The List of engaged, exceptional employees. If that’s so, why don’t we have a longer list? The reason is simple: To be on that list takes ...
Nationwide CEO Steve Rasmussen was recently interviewed by businessjournal.gallup.com on employee engagement and said, "Engagement is a state of mind. People either are engaged or they're not. You can feel it. I can walk into any company, and I can tell you in 15 minutes whether people are engaged or not ...
A consulting colleague told me today about a four day leadership meeting he facilitated. Everyone was excited. The CEO had been talking the event up and made sure everyone knew he would be there ready to participate. But the leadership event came and went--without the top leader--and without any explanations ...
"Employee engagement" is a hot topic in the workplace today--and for good reason. More and more "employees" are feeling stretched beyond their capacity, feeling under-appreciated and under-valued. (Please note that I didn't say "under-paid." For the most part, money isn't the problem and more money isn't the solution to the ...
How would you like to go work for a company, be treated to four weeks of incredible training, and then be offered $2,000 to quit? Crazy, right? Not according to Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and the author of Delivering Happiness. There’s a method to his madness: Hsieh only wants ...
(This post first appeared on www.womenworking.com where I am a frequent guest coach and blogger.)
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