Are you engaged at work? If not, have you ever thought that it might be you rather than the company who is at fault? In How To Increase Employee Engagement I talked about the role managers play in having an… Read More ›
Career
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone And Dive Deep
It was in 2001 when I studied in Australia. I spent several months in Sydney and then moved for a couple of months west to Perth. The focus of my stay was on improving my language skills. However, that didn’t… Read More ›
Be Grateful For The Job You’ve Got
It was in 2016 when I, with a small group of people, visited Bolivia. We drove from north to south coming from Peru and continuing to Chile. Aside from the otherworldly salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, I was profoundly… Read More ›
Stop Telling Stories That Hold You Back
In 1839 a playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” In one sentence, he summarized the fact that words have massive power over our lives whether we realize it or not. The language and words we… Read More ›
Life Is Not A Zero-Sum Game
After years of managing people and many more years managing myself, I realized that the one thing that is hurting one’s success and happiness is their attitude. It is not about what happens to you but how you decide to… Read More ›
The Quest To Find The White Elephant
It was in 2015 when I traveled with a small group of people to Namibia. We started at the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and went through Botswana all the way to Namibia. Botswana is an incredible country with lots to… Read More ›
Don’t Take That Job If You Are Not Nervous
I recently had an interesting conversation with one person I was coaching on a career decision. We worked together for some time and he had a clear plan on where he wants to go with his career. Then rather unexpectedly,… Read More ›
The Most Difficult Thing In Management
What is the most difficult thing when you decide to get into management? I was recently having a mentoring conversation with one junior manager and we got talking about some of the pitfalls in management. Ultimately, I was asked, “What… Read More ›
7 Ways To Deal With Abusive Boss
Over the last couple of weeks, I talked about How To Manage Your Manager, Why Good Employees Become Bad Managers, and What Excuses Turn Us Into Jerks. What remains, is to talk about what you can do when your manager… Read More ›
Why Good Employees Become Bad Managers
In most of the employee engagement surveys you read that one of the top reasons why people leave their companies is their manager. It is not about money, it is not about work, it is not about team, it is… Read More ›
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