More than a living

Hmm. Common Sense may not be as common as you’d like.
Reading over at Educated Being put this idea in perspective, and highlights a shift in expectation from Common Sense to Responsibility:
Every individual has different origin, experiences, and way of interpreting the situation. Based on which we feel that we have acquired the knowledge to act/react […]

if your company found out you were blogging at work? (This link was live, but apperas to have been pulled.) What if you found out your employees were blogging or reading blogs. Instead of doing their work?
Would you get iFired?

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: You need to be reading David Maister’s blog. It always gets me thinking. And, quite often, he hits on a topic that causes the folks here to descend upon his site like vultures. Only nice vultures. If there is such a thing. What’s an […]

If you had received this note from your boss–or the boss–at your last job, would you still be there? Would you like to get a note like this from your current boss? (Hat tip to Seth Godin)

And you thought you were alone in your unhappy job situation?
Only 47 percent of Americans say they’re satisfied with their jobs, a sizable drop from the 61.1 percent who expressed satisfaction in a similar survey 20 years ago.
That increased unhappiness was detailed in a survey published Friday by The Conference Board, a business research organization, […]

I’m just a magnet for these things lately. It’s beginning to unnerve me. But, I’m continuing to encounter quotes from famous folks that just really hit home. Maybe I’m looking for inspiration. Maybe I’m just riding a strange wave of synchronicity.
In any case, another entry on my quote-happy kick:
The human resources department is not responsible […]

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 […]

Now, let’s be honest. We’ve all told a little fib or two on our resume from time to time. Added a little hyperbole. (Like saying that you were Time’s Person of the Year in 2006.) Blown a few things out of proportion. Reported a metric that might have been little off-topic.
It happens. It’s a first […]

I’m not a fan of the inspirational posters that hang on the walls of so many offices and companies these days. They are well intended, but too often feel like window-dressing - there to send a message but without conviction.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable […]

When I first headed out on my own, one of the common responses I would get to my incessant bragging was “Wow. Getting to work on your own schedule. That’s like having unlimited vacation.”
Yes, that’s true. It is like having unlimited vacation. But if I don’t get my work done, I don’t get paid.
Which got […]