What do employees need most to feel satisfied and successful at work? It’s not what you think. Sure, opportunity for advancement is important. So too is “work/life balance”, whatever that means. (I prefer work/life “Enoughness”). Ample...
A friend propagated a plant and divided it among nine friends at an annual gathering. It was meant to symbolize our continued growth in our individual areas of business. We would each grow on our own, separately and from afar. Yet, we’d symbolically grow...
I see you, you Goal-Driven-Getting-After-It-Gal. You’re up and at it! Running the meeting AND running the 5k. Organizing the office party AND organizing your pantry. Driving greater department profits AND driving the kids to soccer practice. Cooking up industry...
This is a post about poop. Both literally and figuratively. At this point, I’ve either got your attention (if so, thanks for staying with me) or you’ve clicked away because… poop. Gross. So let me get right to the point of the poop. In the literal...
I’m big on To Do lists. Maybe because there is always so much To Do. I get an unusual amount of gratification by crossing off items on my To Do list. Merely creating the list fuels my sense of productivity even if I’m ultimately not that productive....