Is Your Job Taking the Fun Out of Your Summer?
It’s summer. And in Washington, D.C., where I live, it’s a time that historically this otherwise frenetic, self-important town goes on vacation and takes a chill pill. Work typically slows down, as most businesses touch the government in some way. With Congress preparing to recess and vacations overlapping, not a lot can actually get done…
Five Communication Mistakes That Are Holding You Back at Work
There’s just something about communications that’s harder than it should be. Of all the skills we develop as leaders and professionals, communicating is one that we’ve been practicing since birth. And yet it often gets in our way, causes stress, and leaves us at a loss. We too frequently miscommunicate, obfuscate the point, cause an…
Why Employees Lie: Men of a Certain Age and Situational Deceit
Workplace deceit. It’s been a recurring theme in my orbit lately. It started with a client lamenting the fact that she feels one of her management team members is withholding information and lying about his career ambitions. Even as a supposition, it’s changing the entire nature of my client’s relationship to someone she used to…
Micro-Management Becomes Empowerment
Last week I posted the cover story in Wired called Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops on my Facebook page. It’s an intriguing article about how technology is enabling people to have real-time, personalized feedback about everything from their energy consumption, to their speed over the zoned limit, to performance at work. The big takeaway was that…
Friends with (Professional) Benefits: Six Ways Women Can Build Career-Enhancing Relationships
About a month ago, I spent the weekend with two friends from graduate school. Though we were dear friends at the time, we’d each spun out into different directions, one to work in health care marketing, one to San Francisco to write a novel. I went to D.C. to work in politics. Though we…
Is Your Company Beloved? Here’s How to Be.
The other day, I ran across a business book bestseller list and saw that Jeanne Bliss’ book I Love You More Than My Dog was still on it. I saw Jeanne speak two years ago when her book was first released, and interviewed her for my Entrepreneur.com column. It struck me that her message —…
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