Good Quotes
New blogger Maddie Grant (Ben: too early to start thinking about Rookie of the Year, and other awards?) has two outstanding quotes from her last two posts. One of her own writing and one from another blog. First her own, ...
Management Innovation
For two weeks in a row I've listened to a Havard Business School Publishing virtual seminar. This one was by Gary Hamel, speaking about his new book,The Future of Management. It was a GREAT session, and I will blog about ...
Aw Shucks…
I am humbled by the glowing reviews of my "Who's In Charge?" article that Virgil Carter and Kerry Stackpole provided as comments to my last post. But they also reminded me of something I forgot to mention: ASAE ...
Who's In Charge?
For my association friends (who I assume are members of ASAE & The Center), the November issue of Associations Now should be hitting your mailbox soon, and I've got an article in there titled "Who's In Charge?&q ...
Who’s In Charge?
For my association friends (who I assume are members of ASAE & The Center), the November issue of Associations Now should be hitting your mailbox soon, and I've got an article in there titled "Who's In Charge?&q ...
Fear and Metrics
Yesterday I watched a virtual seminar put on by my favorite business author, Patrick Lencioni, related to his most recent book: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. I have not read the book yet—it is actually sitting in a ...
Responding to Disrespect
Jim Stroup, one of my new favorite bloggers, riffed off of yesterday's post about respect. He points out that if we're going to talk about respect in the workplace, we will have to talk about emotions. The feeling of res ...
What Does Respect Look Like?
There is a nice post on the FC Experts blog about respect. It's nothing earth-shattering, and I imagine most would agree:Respect is important; it is a bond that works both ways. Respect the individual and she will respec ...
Distinctive Versus Pissed Off
Virgil quite rightly pointed out in a comment to my post last week that pissing people off just for the sake of pissing people off is not a good idea. I was referring to Kevin Holland's post that was arguing not really i ...
Reaching Your Potential
There was an interesting discussion on an association listserver yesterday that started with a discussion of bereavement policies, and ended up talking a bit about human nature, the difference between work and fulfillmen ...