Business acronym to understand: B.R.A.V.E.
In a business context, B.R.A.V.E. indicates or stands for: Behaviors Relationships Attitudes Values Environment That’s pretty much everything, right?
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Why do most people use their time so poorly?
Here’s an article from the Kellogg School at Northwestern about maximizing time management, based on research into how Italian appellate court judges schedule their days, case loads, and workflow. The first logical thing you might say is this: “Well, I’m not… Continue Reading
How about being a problem-anticipator instead of a problem-solver?
Here’s a basic fact of life that people don’t really discuss all that often, best I can tell: Most of the time, you have a plan for how something will go. This applies to work, to friends, to relationships, etc.… Continue Reading
‘Management 101:’ Set a fire. Wait until it escalates. Resolve it. Tell everyone you put out a fire.
The headline pretty much says it all here, but I was thinking about this at the end of last week. This really is how most people manage in small, medium, and large corporations. The essential step process is: Set a… Continue Reading
Let’s start embracing the idea of asking questions at work
Here’s a cool article from Harvard Business Review about how companies value curiosity in their employees, but nonetheless stifle it. The idea of a company talking out of both sides of its mouth shouldn’t surprise anyone — for example, leaders always claim they… Continue Reading
How critical of others is your organizational culture?
I was thinking about this last night for a while. Let me try to lay out what I’m talking about. I’ll probably do a semi-poor job, so bear with me. In every organization, regardless of size or industry, decisions need… Continue Reading
Nobody truly knows what makes people happy at work
Do we spend too much analyzing ‘what makes people happy at work’ instead of addressing the real issues? Continue Reading
A ‘heads-down’ work culture actually is not a good thing
If you lined up 100 managers at 100 different types of companies and asked them what types of employees they want under them, I’d assume more than 70 would describe some version of the classic ‘heads-down’ employee. That basically means a person… Continue Reading