More than a living

David Maister does a brilliant job of recognizing the people who take time to participate on his blog. We, here at More than a living, really like the idea, so we’re borrowing it. Stealing it, really. But for a good cause: recognizing those who have taken the time to contribute to our discussions, so far.
It’s […]

If you haven’t heard of CultureRx, it’s worth a peek.
This consultancy, which came out of Best Buy, works to put focus on the results of work efforts for professionals instead of measuring the sum of hours that are spent by employees in the trenches. Called “ROWE” for Results-Only Work Effort, this group is evangelizing […]

Work-life balance. Oy.
Everybody loves to wax on and on and on about the infamous “work-life balance.” As if it were some mystical answer to all the problems of the business world. How everyone would be happy little clams in the work-a-day world if only–if only–we could all achieve a work-life balance.
“Julie seems a little stressed.”
“You […]

Nothing is more disrespectful than showing up late to a meeting. It is almost better to completely blow it off, at least then people can assume you had a scheduling conflict.
I know you know that it is disrespectful. I know you know that YOU hate waiting for the key decision maker to arrive. But the […]

Well, well, well. It’s been a few weeks since the beginning of the new year. All full of promise and intrigue.
We were really going to change some stuff this year, weren’t we? Really put our mark on things. Come out of the gates with both guns blazing and whatnot.
Boy, it was going to be good.
Yeah. […]

This single sentence at itzBig Blog really got me up and running this Saturday morning:
“There was a time when people had the opportunity to spend the majority of their lives working in one industry or even working with one company.”
Do you really want your father’s job? Or your grandfather’s? I can’t say that I do, […]