Posts Tagged ‘time’

what have you learned and what’s left to give?

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

What have you learned & what’s left to give? I am not big on resolutions, mainly because I resolve to work on myself and help others do the same for pretty much 365 days per year, and I know I am certainly not alone.  However, I do think that a new year marks a time [...]

Authenticity

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Authenticity – a really big word.  It’s a word I’ve had on my list to write a Newsletter about for quite some time.  Sure, I’ve got a bunch of examples, but writing about it has been a struggle.  We often feel that authenticity differs depending on our environment.  Many argue they can not be authentic [...]

Twelve Attributes of a Truly Great Place to Work

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Results are in… and the survey says: Harvard Business Review recently printed the outcome of 100 companies measuring employee engagement.  I know, we’ve heard it all before – but what I like about this HBR blog post is the specific points that Tony Schwartz makes in discussing the “Twelve Attributes of a Truly Great Place [...]

On Excellence

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

On Excellence: It doesn’t always need to be perfect. Sometimes the act of striving for ‘the best’ turns into a recipe for the worst.  I hear all the time how we need another such and such, like the success of such and such.  But really, there’s but just so many of those such and suches [...]

It’s not enough

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

It’s not enough to see your employees in meetings and observe them through a pass-by in the hall and think you understand how they are feeling about their role in the company, you as their boss, or the company itself.  It’s not enough to ask them periodically in an annual review (which is an antiquated [...]