Have you ever been asked your thoughts about how you can be successful in your career? Has an organization ever asked you to design your job so you feel motivated and fulfilled? If not, why not?
02
Sep
Are You Supported To Be Successful?
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30
Aug
A Common Plea For Common Sense
Today my good friend, Joe Longo, talks about photography, nature, technology, and how the way we work just makes no damn sense!
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27
Aug
Not A Benefit!
Though this piece highlights the coolness of technology as well as the potential psychological effects on children, I can’t help but think about how traditional work environments will jump on this and present it to employees as a perk. Just like that TV in the break room during March Madness. Give me a break!
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20
Aug
How Much Control Do You Have Over The How?
I work in a ROWE, so I have the freedom and control to get my work done AND live my life! My wife does not have such freedom and she shares how she had to work 4 10hr. days to have a summer Friday off! Eeeew.
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13
Aug
Stop Wasting People’s Time
Maybe you don’t think you are. Maybe you think you are clearly communicating what it is you need. Maybe you don’t think people “get it.” At the end of the day, you just may be stunting productivity and or annoying people, because you are, indeed, wasting their time.
06
Aug
Have Fun!
30
Jul
Change The Game
Seriously, how long are you going to continue to just be told how to do things in your life? From how you are educated to how you are forced to work. Just because the systems have not caught up with the times does not mean you should be held back too.
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23
Jul
Being Social
Why not drive the conversation by participating in it v. trying to control it.
Gary Vaynerchuk on social media being steak not pepper
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19
Jul
Death, Time Zones, & Creative Employees
OK, I admittedly get a little excited during this blog post. However, when I find myself in conversations about changing the way we are forced to work, I often leave out some of the most common absurdities found in a lot of organizations. What do you think?
And yes, that is my wife Justine, being all stealth-like behind me.
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15
Jul
Be Productive
How often have you heard workplace comments about where you should be, when you can go, what time you came in, how long your lunch was…WHERE ARE YOU!!!!
Next time you hear any of those, simply respond, “I’m being productive.” (it helps if you actually are, though)
