If you sit for most of the day for your job, you’re 54% more likely to die of a heart attack. This statistic appeared in the article The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Do All Day. Written by Bill Phillips, the Editor of MensHealth.com, the article describes research that points to sitting as a defining factor…
Fun with Factoids Icebreaker
As a learning facilitator, I have a toolbox full of ice breakers, team builders and group facilitation techniques that have served me well over the years. Just the other day, I freshened up one of my favorite standbys called “Fun with Factoids” with the addition of audience voting technology. It worked so well that I…
Safe at Home – Watch Your Words
Dwane Lay who blogs at Lean HR is hosting a unique HR Carnival this week. He’s asked all carnival contributors to write a post with the same title: “Safe at Home.” We’re to write about what that title means to us personally and publish it today. The carnival featuring all submissions with this title will…
Flying without a Net
I had coffee the other day with a friend who leads a team of technical professionals. When asked “how’s it going?” she slumped slightly and said, “My best technician quit this week. He’d finally had enough.” Good jobs are hard to find in this tough Midwestern economy, so I asked what company he moved to….
Driving with Values
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of leadership consultant and author David Burkus. His new book, The Portable Guide to Leading Organizations explores 39 different theories related to leadership, management and strategy. By Guest Author David Burkus I recently worked with a coaching client who had stalled out. This mid-level insurance broker had…