Have you seen an exodus from your company lately? Notice a steady increase in exit interviews on your calendar? Wonder why people are leaving and what you can do to make them stay? Many large companies have engagement surveys and fancy HR metrics to help them figure out why …
YOU Set The Tone
Yes, you read that correct. YOU set the tone for your organization, your team, your department, your colleagues. And guess what? It doesn't matter what role you are in! We've all had to deal with "that guy/gal" Their rudeness is legendary. What do we do when confronted with this …
How Urgent is that Email?
Early in the week Paul Hebert wrote a provocative post about out of office email messages, reading his post made me think about one of my biggest email pet peeves: the “high priority” flag. I used to think these were necessary but now I tend to wince when I see the red …
Call Her – She Always Answers
Or how to help yourself at work Part 4 I've written in the past about how to survive at a job you hate, I wanted to add another quality that I only touched on in that post: being the go-to person. Or, the person people know will pick up their phone. Sometimes we think of …
Don’t Idolize Steve Jobs
In the weeks after the death of Steve Jobs, I became a little concerned about the many fawning tributes to Steve Jobs. Everywhere I turned there was another story about his great leadership. It's not that I dislike Apple products (I own an iPhone and love it, in a …
