Bill Taylor recently shared a unique strategy from online shoe retailer Zappos: It offers new employees $1,000 (plus up-to-date pay) to leave the company. It’s an interesting strategy: pay folks who aren’t 100% committed to the company’s mission, vision and values a decent sum of money to quit right now, rather than find out they’re […]
Recently I shared 7 Strategies for Effective Distributed Teams, and asked the readers to share their best practices. Sarah Heal stepped up to the plate to share her best practices for working on a distributed team. She also has a nifty blog called Desire Lines.
Here’s what Sarah says:
We’re a small business that has only ever […]
Yes, Christmas is coming in just a few days, and if you’re like me, you’re wondering what to get yourself your friends this year for Christmas. Instead of looking all over the internet for a guide, and comparing all the different gizmos and gadgets against each other, do yourself a favor and download Uncle Mark’s […]
Marshall Goldsmith - December 2007 Inductee into the Order of the Golden Slacker
Marshall Goldsmith is the December inductee into Slacker Manager’s Order of the Golden Slacker.
Marshall has made outstanding contribution to management and leadership coaching, he is widely published and he is committed to helping people be the best leaders and managers they can be.
Slacker Managers […]
As it’s nearing year end, the time is right for us to talk about performance evaulations, and how we can now whether we, as slacker managers, were successful or unsuccessful in our year’s efforts.
Here’s a list of 5 habits of highly successful slacker managers. To me, slacker managers are those managers that are the most […]
Are you a mindful manager?
I have taught psychology at the University of Manitoba for the past 25 years. One of my favorite psychologists is Dr. Ellen Langer. I find her work on mindlessness and mindfulness both fascinating and practical. I strongly recommend her 1989 book, Mindfulness. The book is as valid today as it was 18 years ago. […]
Every so often we’re called upon to do truly creative work. I’m not referring to watercolors or pastels but rather that work that takes us out of our comfort zone and into an area of improvisational thinking to come up with solutions, ideas, or as Gallagher often says, “totally new concepts!” (If you’re […]
I’ve been remiss in whipping up this review. I’ve been reading a crazy hodgepodge assortment of books lately, only some are business-related, and I forgot to post this one. Which is a bummer because I could’ve convinced you to read it a couple of months ago.
I loved Berkun’s last book, The Art of Project Management, […]
Via 2million I ran into this campaign for a 5 day weekend. Two good days of work and five days off. I think this is a cause I can believe in!
Looks like most of their rallies (The Work Less Express) are taking place on the east coast because the movement started in Asheville, NC. I’ve […]
Just learned that MindMeister (web-based mindmapping app) is out of beta testing and ready for everyone!
Aside from the original analog method of mindmapping (paper and pencil), this is probably the best way to ease into a good understanding of the power of mindmaps. For those of us who are a little more experienced with mindmapping, […]
My friend Lisa Haneberg has a new book out (haven’t read it yet, but look for the review soon). To help promote the book she’s riding her motorcycle, Purple Haze, across the country and back. What a great trip that’ll be! You can check out her tour dates here. Lisa also made this neat […]
I will freely admit to you right here, right now, that I’ve been very relaxed…inconsistent, even…about reading my pile of RSS feeds. I think I have too many of them and I get frightened when I fire up Google Reader and see “100+” next to every category folder. Ugh. So the result is that I […]
Here’s just a total brain dump of various “do it easier/faster” tips that I’ve collected recently:
Check movie listings on Google by typing: movies: your-movie-name. If Google already knows where you are, the first clickable result will be all your local listings. If Google doesn’t know where you are, you’ll get a place to input your […]
Twitter is a deceptively simple utility. That said, Twitter isn’t for everyone. In fact it’s probably not even for half of everyone. But for those that have the patience to find their personal sweet spot, Twitter can be quite good indeed. If you’re not familar with Twitter, it’s pretty easy to describe. It’s instant messaging […]
If you missed out on getting one of my MindMeister invitations the other day, here’s a second chance. Over at Behind The Glasses, Grigor is giving away 20 more MindMeister invites AND he’s offering interested bloggers a chance to participate in a shared mindmap about the future of blogging. Go forth and mindmap!
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