A guest post by Meredith Wood This morning, on the subway headed to work, I heard this announcement overhead: “We are being held momentarily because of train traffic ahead, please be patient.” Most New Yorkers know this sound all too well. What they also know is that quite often that “momentarily” really means 10 or…
Workplace Dynamics
The Power of Belief – And How It Influences Your Vision
People need to believe; it’s a fundamental element of the human experience. Yet sometimes, our very beliefs can lead us to envision things that aren’t really true. Years ago, I experienced this first hand on a Texas summer night along the banks of Lady Bird lake . . . Flight of the Bats On my…
Is Office Politics Decreasing Your Productivity at Work?
According to an infographic offered up by Tempo blog, 47% of people say office politics is a work-related distraction that takes time away from their productivity. Interesting. Nearly half of office workers see office politics as a “distraction” that keeps them from being optimally productive? How very convenient. Someone didn’t get a…
Drive Thru HR & The People Equation
Today I’m excited to be a guest on the popular blog talk radio show, Drive Thru HR, hosted by William Tincup and Bryan Wempen. Things are pretty free-flowing on their show, so it’s anybody’s guess where our conversation will take us. We’ll start talking HR and the “people equation”‘ but who knows where we’ll end…
15 Ways to Be Nice at Work
This week is Be Nice Week at my kids’ school. It’s part of an anti-bullying program designed to “promote the old-fashioned value of being nice”. Today the students and teachers will wear “Be Nice” t-shirts offered by the The Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan. I bought a t-shirt too and will be wearing it today…