Creative Stress
A few years ago a large Taiwanese technology designer and manufacturer decided to take work/life balance a little more seriously, and implemented a policy under which everyone, from engineers and mathematicians up to the CEO, had to leave work by 6pm. Within a couple months, the firm found itself hiring life coaches to help employees […]
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- Aug, 19, 2016
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Aug, 19, 2016
Managing Interns
If you are looking at moving into leadership but not sure that you are ready, give some thought to managing interns. It can be a lot of fun, and if you mess it up you won’t scar them for life. Maybe. Many firms use interns as a way to fill out their workforce while also […]
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- Aug, 17, 2016
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Culture May Be the Culprit
This weekend, Joseph Schooling became the first Singaporean to win an Olympic gold medal when he beat Michael Phelps and 6 other swimmers from around the world. It was a huge moment for Singapore, which pretty much ceased all other activity for the 50.39 seconds that Mr Schooling was racing through the water. The nation’s […]
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- Aug, 15, 2016
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Poor Leadership is Offensive
We made the point last month that good leadership is a choice. It follows, then, that poor leadership can be a choice, too. I don’t think of bad leadership as “unfortunate” or “just a fact of life.” I think it’s offensive. Is that too strong of a word?? Why does it bother me that much? […]
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- Aug, 12, 2016
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Going Beyond the Basics
A few years ago I had a chance to visit the offices and studios of National Public Radio in Washington DC. In addition to catching a glimpse of some of the announcers whose voices I knew but whose faces I had never seen, I saw something I didn’t expect: the NPR laboratory. Now, this is […]
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- Aug, 10, 2016
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