This great presentation was provided by Lena Yammine of Inner Outer Health.
Archive for the 'Mistakes To Avoid' Category
If you’ve subscribed or followed my blogs, you know by now about my concept of antimimeticisomorphism – Doing out-of-the-ordinary things to create extra-ordinary results with the least amount of effort and lowest cost. Early in my career, a mentor got me to write my own letter of reference. He explained that as the requestor and […]
This list of pet peeves is so prevalent it begs to be printed and framed in every office lunchroom. Each is the soure of a Career Limiting Move (CLM) that usually goes unspoken much to the frustration of the irritant who is usually clueless to the infraction and then usually escalates his/her behaviour committing more […]
I came across this serendipitously and had to share it with you… 11 Sentences to avoid saying to your boss at all costs. If you come across any other equally valuable posts, please share!
One of the key concepts of Personal Productivity Principles is the concept of PRIME TIME. Every time you have a task to do, you have to weigh the time/cost – value equation against your own “productivity expectation” and determine WHEN to do it. PRIME TIME is best explained with a telemarketing/sales example: PRIME TIME = […]
Quitting a job or starting a new business is part of the circle of ‘business’ life that is now well accepted and expected. The reasons include a faster-changing world, accelerating with new technologies, the desire to expand one’s reach beyond a single industry and/or role and of course life-cycle changes following a life-changing event such […]
Almost all of the research conducted on engagement has so far focused on what leaders can do to engage their employees. But what if it were possible to recruit people who could actually engage themselves? In other words, are there specific characteristics some employees have that make them inherently more engage-able? The answer, of course, […]
We understand the logic: Unhappy employees = unproductive employees = an unprofitable business The issue begins when we deal with employees as a GROUP – Employees only exist as individuals, just like you EXIST right now, reading this sentence. ONE person at a time is reading this sentence. Even though there might be several or […]
Today’s blog post is from a friend who is ‘stuck’ working for a ‘bad boss’. I thought you would like to listen in to the conversation… I have indented my inserted responses in line. Hi Marc, I am looking for some feedback, if you are willing. I’ll do some project to return the value to […]
Every once in a while we all make a mistake, a faux pas or a business blunder we’d like to take back. Rebekha Campbell very eloquently and courageously shared her mistake in a recent BRW Magazine article. It’s definitely worth reading…