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How about work-life balance as a strategic advantage?

Work Life Balance As A Strategic Advantage

Let’s start with some honesty: if you really want to ever achieve “work-life balance,” you need to come up with a new term for it. Re-brand that shit! Here’s the essential problem: Rank-and-file employees hear that and think “That’s an… Continue Reading

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Craft a vision. Talk about your vision. Listen to others about your vision?

Listen to Others at Work

Just had to go walk 4.3 miles to pick up my car — semi-rough evening last night with the wife — and in the process, I walked through a 5K (making me feel like a total wreck), walked through a… Continue Reading

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Key to business success: Consider the OODA Loop

OODA Loops And Business Success

The idea of OODA Loop stands for: Observe Orient Decide Act As a basic concept, the idea is “move quickly on decisions.” Phrased in a BS corporate way, you need to “be nimble.”

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Take some time and learn what different people at your job do

Different Responsibilities At Work

It constantly amazes me that people often don’t know what anyone they work with actually does. Continue Reading

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The era of “customer-first” is going to be terrible for employees

Customer-First Is Bad For Employees

Stop and think about this for a second: there are some strong “thought leadership” brands out there in different verticals. Even though businesses tend to make decisions based on market forces or economics or finance, you still see leaders and… Continue Reading

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Business buzzword we should ban: “Nimble”

Stop using nimble in business

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.    Posts that begin with stories are usually pretty good, so here’s a story:… Continue Reading

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How about a culture that celebrates the work, not just the wins?

Celebrate the Work, Not Just The Wins

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.  The headline of this article from Kellogg School of Management might make you groan… Continue Reading

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Why is it so complicated for people to understand Google’s people success?

Google's Approach To People Is Logical

Stop treating people like farm animals and you’ll do alright for yourself. Continue Reading