Do you live in a 200-emails-a-day world? Do you delete emails based solely on the subject line? Or merely skim the contents of most emails? Or automatically discard email from certain senders? Maybe you hit ‘5’ on your mobile phone to skip through long voicemails. More and more information gets ignored these days—and this sometimes results in critical matters not receiving the attention necessary.
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True or false: US businesses owe $224 billion in unused vacation time.
True or false: Working 11-hour days or longer increases your chances of developing heart disease by 67% over those who work 7- or 8-hour days.
What makes you happy at work? Benefits? Bonuses? Vacations? Well none of these, actually. The top factors determining a person’s happiness at work are whether they a) enjoy the actual tasks required, b) are able to focus on the things they do best and c) are proud of their employer. Other factors that can impact happiness include relationships at work; the job’s social impact; feeling in control of your work and of workplace decisions; and sensing that you’re progressing and learning.
Is It Lonely at the Top? As a leader, you want your organization to succeed. You work hard to create a culture of high-performance. You encourage your employees’ happiness because you know a happy employee is not only more fulfilled but also more productive, creative and confident; a stronger team player; and better-equipped to offer […]
What’s Your Culture? Your culture is your brand; your brand is your culture. The two are one and the same—inextricably intertwined. It’s where marketing, positive psychology and innovative business practices intersect. And it’s the common denominator in successful companies. Google, BMW, Harley Davidson and Virgin Atlantic all have strong brands and strong cultures, and all […]
Are You Living Your Brand? A brand is the sum of associations made with an organization. The brand comprises all the good AND the bad attributes called to mind when one thinks of the organization. Every organization has existing brand associations it wants to emphasize, maintain and possibly lose. Brand development is the process that […]
Want to be energetic? Enthusiastic? Hopeful? Who doesn’t?! Are people in your organization energetic, enthusiastic and hopeful? Here’s the secret. I got it from education writer Michael Fullan, who lays out five leadership capacities in a simple way while weaving in knowledge and research from yesterday’s and today’s thought leaders. The five critical leadership capacities Fullan describes in his book Leading in a Culture of Change are …
Photo by Chris Cook This is a story about Robert—and all of us. Robert moved to the West Coast without a dime in his pocket. Over the next 30 years, he became mayor of a major city and owner of a successful shipbuilding business. At only 48 years of age, Robert was told the stress […]
What will get you $29,000 more per year, make you 58% more effective at your job and rank you with 90% of top performers? If you’ve been following this blog, you can probably guess. Yep, that’s right. Emotional intelligence. Unless you want to be among the 80% of low-EQ employees classed as “bottom performers,” it’s […]
My students in the Working with Emotional Intelligence class at Southern Oregon University recently presented on an emotional intelligence (EI) topic they wanted to know more about. I was delighted at the number who picked a positive psychology topic. That’s what I chose four years ago when I took an EI class as part of […]
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