By Scott on 3 November 2009
“I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours.” Found on a gravestone in Stowe, Vermont All of us want to be ‘somebody.’ And, to most of us it does matter that we are ‘somebody’ to certain people. Whether it is our immediate family, our social circle, our religious group, people at our workplace, or [...]
Posted in People | Tagged acknowledgement, appreciation, commitment, communication, development, help, leadership, listening, training
By Scott on 5 May 2009
Have you ever had a bad day when nothing seemed to go right? Or a situation where your decision or plan turned out to be a real disaster? Maybe just a time when you said the wrong thing. Did you think about the situation and say to yourself, “wow, that was stupid; I can’t believe [...]
Posted in Performance, Workforce Design | Tagged failure, great workplace, leadership, learning, mistake, potential, training, workplace culture
By Scott on 20 April 2009
I’m very glad (Maersk Alabama ship’s) Captain Richard Phillips and crew are safe. A lot has been said and written about Captain Phillips being a hero because of his actions to give himself as a hostage for the safety of his crew. The question I ask is this: “Is Captain Phillips really a hero? And [...]
Posted in People, Performance | Tagged courage, knowledge, leadership, management, training
By Scott on 10 February 2009
Your Business is a Game, but with Serious Consequences I’ll admit it… I like to play video games. Granted I’m not up-to-speed on the latest games like the current generation. But I played video and computer games the current gamers never heard of (yeah, the games are that old). It’s pretty amazing what games are [...]
Posted in People | Tagged aptitudes, Performance, top performers, training, video games
By Scott on 30 January 2009
Dirty Jobs, Worst Jobs – I Don’t Want it! Seems Mike Rowe of Discovery’s “Dirty Jobs” doesn’t have a corner on the market for worst jobs. Popular Science just released a story on “The Worst Jobs in Science.” “We solicited nominations from more than a thousand working scientists and culled the list for the most [...]
Posted in Performance | Tagged performance management, strengths, training
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