Imagine a workplace where everyone is happy rather than stressed and anxious. Wouldn’t you expect that such an environment would encourage workers’ creativity and engagement? It may seem obvious that people would be more focused and productive at work when they actually want to be there, but all too often, workers would rather be anywhere… read more
Today is a special day – it marks the official launch of my new book, The Joy of Strategy, A Business Plan for Life. This project started forming in my mind about six years ago and getting to this point is one of the most difficult and complex undertakings of my life. It truly took… read more
Today I have the joy of presenting a guest post written by fellow Bibliomotion author, Bill Ferguson. In Bill’s new book, The Wisdom of Titans; Success Secrets from Entrepreneurs Who Rose to the Top, he reveals the lessons learned from some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs. Based on his interviews, Bill has identified passion as… read more
I am pleased to share the link to my debut post for WBUR’s Cognoscenti Blog entitled, The Pursuit of Professional Happiness: 3 Ways to Be Happier in Your Job. Once again, Gallup’s latest State of the American Workplace Survey, shows dismal levels of employee engagement. The Gallup report is written for business leaders and therefore talks… read more
With my book’s long-awaited launch finally right around the corner on September 17, I attended a personal development retreat to get focused, centered and ready to enjoy the flurry of activity scheduled to surround the big event. Early in the day, we were instructed to look in the mirror. Staring back at me was the face of… read more
Here is a link from my latest post for Harvard Business Review entitled, To Guide Difficult Conversations, Try Using Compassion. One of the most common questions I get from clients and audiences is “How do I deal with conflict at work?” What they are often really asking me is, “How can I avoid conflict at work?” Unfortunately, since… read more
There may be more power in the word “no” than any other two letters in the alphabet. Even so, this is a word that many of us find very difficult to use with any regularity. We worry about disappointing someone, fear they won’t like us, or just feel like we should do whatever is asked… read more
When I suggest that we all have more freedom to create our own experience on the job, I’m often greeted with a chorus of “yeah, buts”. People are often skeptical that they have any power at all to change things. The biggest “buts” often come from those who are most unhappy on the job. In all… read more
Sometimes we have to be shocked into seeing something that was there all along. For a senior executive I’ll call Karen, one of those defining moments came most unexpectedly when her boss tried to give her a one-line performance review for the third year in a row. Before Karen was promoted to vice president, her… read more
The world celebrated the first International Day of Happiness earlier this week, launched by all 193 UN member states. The UN declared this day to bring attention to the importance of using better measures of society’s wellbeing than just Gross Domestic Product. Surely, economic security is important to ensuring fundamental wellbeing and poverty is still… read more
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