Meeting Etiquette
I remember sitting in a big meeting once where I found myself getting more and more frustrated with the behavior of some of the leaders in there. We had 16 people at the “grownups” table and another 20 along the wall, there to give presentations or answer questions for the big folks. These 36 people […]
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- Nov, 28, 2014
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Nov, 28, 2014
Playing it Straight
One game that people play in the workplace is called “I Have a Secret,” in which they know something is going on, they let other people know that they know, but they never say what “it” is. It is a power game played by weak-minded people who cannot get ahead on the strength of their […]
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- Nov, 26, 2014
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Do It Earlier
As we approach the end of the year, so many companies are pushing hard to cover the gap created by slower sales earlier in the year. While it is common for retailers to earn as much as 40% of their annual sales revenue during the holiday season, that does not need to be the case […]
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- Nov, 24, 2014
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An Ounce of Prevention is Cheaper Than a Pound of Cure
Talking with a foreign software developer here in Singapore last week, he told me his company’s health benefits have pretty good coverage when a problem comes up, but they do not cover expenses for preventative care. He did not just mean they do not subsidize gym memberships; he meant they do not pay for physical […]
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- Posted in Health and Balance, Uncategorized
- Nov, 21, 2014
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An Army of One
In the first half of the 2000s the US Army used a new recruiting slogan: Army of One. A lot of people, especially veterans and people who were in the Army and had been for a while, did not like it because they thought it was contrary to the concept of teamwork. I disagree. I […]
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- Nov, 19, 2014
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