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I volunteered at a kids’ carnival and learned a lot about how adults work

I got back from a week in Las Vegas – which is a long time to be there – on Friday night around 11pm. I hung out with my wife for a while, as I barely remembered what she looked like at… Continue Reading

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Communicating at work maybe isn’t ROI, but focus on it

Check out this graphic; I got it from an article on Harvard Business Review about the leadership traits that employees don’t like about their managers: Break this down for a second:

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Most companies have no idea how to value customers

I sometimes understand — don’t per se ‘get it,’ but understand it — when companies could care less about their employees, because oftentimes employees are seen as almost transactional. They come, they do a job, you pay them X-amount of money, and they leave. That’s… Continue Reading

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The role of storytelling in leadership

Here’s an interesting post I found this AM on “4 Stories Great Leaders Tell,” and here’s a good quote: The Impact of a Story: A 10-year, 100,000-person study conducted throughout the U.S. and Canada by the O.C. Tanner Institute and HealthStream… Continue Reading

Chess vs. checkers leadership

Hola. My name’s Ted Bauer. ‘Tis my blog. I write a lot about organizational behavior, leadership, management, marketing, the future of work, and other assorted topics. Recently I’ve been thinking that it’s pretty cool that random people may stumble across… Continue Reading

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What if companies used a Premier League relegation concept on salaries?

Hola. My name’s Ted Bauer. ‘Tis my blog. I write a lot about organizational behavior, leadership, management, marketing, the future of work, and other assorted topics. Recently I’ve been thinking that it’s pretty cool that random people may stumble across… Continue Reading

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On the scarcity of promotions and fear at work

I pretty much started blogging because I have a specific way of thinking about different topics — especially around work — and I wanted to throw a few ideas out there and see if anyone felt the same way. So,… Continue Reading

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Here’s a good decline of civilization stat

If you like this post, feel free to share it. Someday I will move the social share buttons to the top, I swear. (It’s good to admit your failings now and again.) If you like some of my thoughts on… Continue Reading