When in meetings, please define who the hell Dave is

Meetings Are Terrible

I’ve been trying to use this blog to tell a few more personal stories of late — because those seem to resonate more with people than simply writing about employee engagement or city planning or true crime or whatever else… Continue Reading

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2015 Goal: Reach out to one person in your network per day

Building Relationships

Grow your personal brand and use serendipity to find more work. It works, honestly. Continue Reading

Forget “digital natives.” Talk about “mobile natives.”

Mobile Natives

I would think (hope) that most people in the general marketing field understand that marketing is changing as generations change out — here’s one small example — although I’m not entirely sure marketing always quickly catches up to trends going… Continue Reading

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The employee-manager relationship is inherently doomed

Employee Manager Relationship

If you stopped and thought about the general (because every situation is unique) relationship between employees and their managers, you might honestly think each side was speaking a different language: maybe the employee is coming to work and doing their day-to-day tasks… Continue Reading

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Does business journalism really have value?

Harvard Business Review

In short answer, yes: Fast Company was sold for $35 million back in 2005, for example. Inherently, there’s value in the field of reporting on business, leadership, management, etc. Here’s what got me thinking about all this, though. 

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Forget Maslow. Focus on autonomy, relatedness and competence.

Autonomy Relatedness Competence

Hierarchy of needs is the most powerful motivational theory ever. But, it’s probably wrong. Continue Reading

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Pride and people not wanting help

Asking for Help

I’ve been having trouble sleeping recently — maybe for the last 3-5 weeks. Sometimes it’s related to my current job — it’s good, and I’m beyond glad I have it, but some days I worry I’m not contributing enough or… Continue Reading

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Respect your employees. It seems like a soft skill, but it matters.

Respect At Work

Before we get started here, let’s be upfront about something right at the jump-off. Respect, as a concept, doesn’t have a universal definition. It means different things to different people, and it can be shown different ways, and it can vary… Continue Reading