Keep the Passion Alive
In the old days (and by that we mean “pre-2000”), the opportunity to create content was a bit limited. Sure, the average person could create, but there were fewer tools available, fewer outlets to distribute your work, and in general, fewer opportunities to see what is possible. Content creation was either done by professionals or […]
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- Dec, 14, 2015
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Dec, 14, 2015
Move Your Body, Move Your Brain
Every now and then we talk here about the importance of physical fitness for your employees. If you can, try to allow your people some time to incorporate physical activity into their work day. We are not talking about creating Olympic athletes here, but simply trying to get people out of the workplace for a […]
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- Dec, 07, 2015
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Let Them Finish
When your employees start a project, you need to let them finish it. One of the most demoralizing things you can do is pull someone off a long project just before it comes to fruition. It can also set up your project to fail. For both reasons, you need to let the people who have […]
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- Dec, 02, 2015
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Double-Loop Learning
Organizations (actually, the individuals who comprise them) are always learning. At least, they are if they want to be successful. But there are different kinds of learning. In general, when people are learning they are keeping their eyes open to what is going on around them, they are willing to question things, they see relationships […]
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- Nov, 30, 2015
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Book Review: Change the Way You Lead Change
I always get a little nervous when a book’s title includes words in boldface, all capital letters, or underlined multiple times. It seems like someone is yelling across a room to get my attention, hoping to convince me of something by sheer volume and decibels rather than by reasoning and content. So it was with […]
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- Nov, 27, 2015
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