You want happier employees? Channel the construction industry.
Three simple tenets that one (perhaps unexpected) industry does well. Continue Reading
Work
Why do we confuse “productivity” with “face-time” or “seat-time” at office jobs?
“Productivity” can be achieved anywhere by a person that cares about their work, so why do we pay so much attention to whether they’re in-office? Because everything comes back to control. Continue Reading
Maybe ideation software isn’t helping
Everywhere you look these days, there seem to be different kinds of tools and software to make it easier to listen to (and subsequently engage) your employees. Often this will be something cloud-based, promising “real-time feedback,” and/or “actionable insights,” etc.… Continue Reading
Be more productive: find, then eliminate, “time sinks”
If statistics about 80 percent of people reading a headline and only 20 percent (or less) reading the body are true, I’m already ahead of the game on this post — because I feel like the headline is pretty logical,… Continue Reading
IBM is about to cut 26 percent of its workforce? Jesus Christ.
One of America’s most iconic companies, on the ropes. Continue Reading
Companies mostly get it wrong about defining purpose
You can’t get to ideas like “purpose” and “engagement” through Excel and project management. Continue Reading
Leadership should actually be about making as FEW decisions as possible
Counter-intuitive, but potentially 100 percent accurate. Continue Reading
Networking better: (a) Stop caring about first impression; (b) stop networking
I honestly believe relationships and the whole idea of “networking” is basically everything; I’ve written about it before as a result, here and here. Here’s why it’s become everything, IMHO: the job market is supposedly “back,” but it’s not really — 23… Continue Reading