One Small Step for a Man…
46 years ago today, the first men walked on the moon (though according to Michael Bay, the Transformers were there earlier). The US manned space program took nearly a decade to go from initial testing, to putting a man into space, to putting one into orbit, to finally landing on the moon. Those people had […]
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- Jul, 20, 2015
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Jul, 20, 2015
Personable, But Not Too Personal
I remember an incident about 5 years ago when I listened to someone in a nearby cubicle explaining Facebook to his supervisor (bless her heart) and then “friending” her. Knowing what I did about this guy’s life, I was not sure he really needed to be inviting his boss into his personal world. I had […]
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- Jul, 17, 2015
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A Place for My Stuff
I remember a feeling a few years ago, when a friend of mine posted pictures on Facebook of his new office. He was a strategic planner at a large international organization, having been there about 6 months since finishing his master’s degree. He quite literally makes the world a better place. Not a bad gig. […]
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- Jul, 15, 2015
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5 Steps to Maximizing the Value of Meetings
You know the person who calls a meeting and then wastes your time? Don’t be that person. It is not uncommon to hear people complain about the number of meetings they have to attend, and that is nothing new; this was probably as true back on Julius Caesar’s staff as it is today. When you […]
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- Jul, 13, 2015
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Flat Mentorship
It is common throughout Asia to hear leaders say they want a flat organization, whether they really do or not, because it is the trendy thing to say these days. It is true that it can be useful to flatten out your firm’s hierarchy, with fewer levels of oversight between the worker bees and the […]
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- Jul, 10, 2015
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