Don’t get me wrong, I love fun at work I just resent when someone says we must have FUN at work. This is when I feel like one of Michael Scott’s (NBC television show The Office) employees who are coerced into engaging in FUNtivities.
My Master’s thesis was on humor in counseling. Humor and playfulness are my top signature […]
Are you ready to grab GEMO and go with it?
This September, I have accelerated my accomplishments on a lot of projects and new initatives because I found GEMO.
GEMO is an acronym for Good Enough, Move On. It helps avoid perfectionism, dithering, delays, and other productivity traps and snarls.
Here is how you practice it. You work at something, you […]
To love or not to love, that is the question.
Labor day was on Monday. Now it is back to work for the week. Are you just laboring along or is management a labor of love? How do you feel about the following equation (labor = love)? Is it a dream of new age management flakes […]
To all those in the US who are celebrating Labor Day, I wish you a very happy holiday! I hope you’re getting some rest as most companies are closed today (mine included).
So what does Labor Day have to do with management?
Did you know…
Labor Day was created because the Central Labor Union wanted a day off […]
As a manager, you need to recharge your batteries. You get tired, just like your team. And when you do, you know that you are 1 of 1; that is there is likely nobody else in your organization who does exactly what you do. That means most likely you have to get everything cleaned up […]
How do you feel as you experience slack at work or in your personal life?
Are you comfortable with slack or are you compelled to be doing something…anything?
Currently Slacker Manager is in the transition time between Brendon Connelly writing this blog and two other bloggers picking up “the slack.”
During this period of slack, I encourage you to read the […]
“Recent research shows that 70% of white collar workers are unhappy with their jobs, ironically they are spending an increasing amount of time working.”
~Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love
If you are not satisfied with your current employment situation, then I highly recommend this book. Miller has laid out some easy-to-follow steps that […]
Everybody had little foibles that they sometimes hide, sometimes revel in. Mine happens to be pens. I love collecting and using them. Not only the fancy, high end ones but well design inexpensive ones hold just as much thrill. I’ll often find myself switching pens in mid-document just because the one I’m using just isn’t […]
“I have observed that most people put too much emphasis on decision making and too little on decision managing. As a result, they lack focus, discipline, intentionality, and purpose”
~John C. Maxwell, The 360 Degree Leader
Before you can begin to manage others you must become disciplined in managing yourself. “Leading by example” is an old piece […]
Here is a snippet from the New Scientist:
If you want a robot to move more gracefully make it as lazy as possible. So says Oussama Khatib of Stanford University in California, who is looking ahead to a future in which humans interact more closely with robots, and where we will expect them to move more like […]
Dick Bolles is very well known for his annual book: What Color is Your Parachute? This is probably the best known book on job hunting and career change.
I love the image of a parachute gently helping you land a job or a new career yet most job hunters and career changers I know don’t feel like […]
My work day got off to a perfect start when I pulled into the parking garage. A quickly-printed sign was taped to the passkey reader. It read something like this:
Please do not drive the wrong way down the garage ramp. The ramp is for driving up and for parking. People […]
In about 10 years the number of young people getting into the workplace will no longer be enough to replace retirees.
Tim Cork, a career coach, stated in The Globe and Mail, “if you are fifty-something and you can expect to live into your 80s, you should be thinking of this as half-time and not the […]
By now we’ve probably all suffered the ill effects of poor email habits. Whether that’s the premature punch of the send button, or the too-quickly written screed drafted in anger, or the mistaken “To:” recipients, we’ve all been there and felt the sting.
Adding some strategy to these hard lessons is a new ChangeThis manifesto by […]
This is a question for any fountain pen aficionados out there: how do you jumpstart your ink flow after letting your pen rest overnight (or a couple of days)?
This has always bothered me, and I’ve tried a variety of solutions. The “lick it” trick (over and over until the ink flows freely); the dip in […]
Paving the path of least resistance, so you don't trip and fall.
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