“We’re more than a business — we’re a family””I like to think of us as a family, not just a business” I hear statements like this far too often. At best, they’re spoken by small business owners whose employees all feel a strong personal connection with each other. At worst, […]
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“I’ve never spent five minutes trying to keep my job, but I’ve spent every waking minute trying to do my job.” — US Women’s Soccer Coach Greg Ryan, on rumors he might get fired after a controversial choice to pick starting goalkeeper Brianna Scurry instead of Hope Solo for what […]
This from an academic friend who studies Japanese culture: “In management circles, it’s said that if you give an identical problem to a Japanese person and a Chinese person, the Chinese person will be faster at figuring out a solution. However, if you give an identical problem to a Japanese […]
Rush jobs with Rush-job pricing: good for business. Rushed jobs with rushed job-pricing: very very bad for business.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. – […]
Try something. Did it work? One time is luck. Two times is coincidence. Three times is a system. FYI, this is only partly tongue-in-cheek.
“Work-life balance” is an important, emerging idea in 21st century corporate life. I’m happy to see corporate America (and its citizens) asking big questions about how to make sure that our jobs don’t take over the rest of our lives. But I’m distressed at the tag we’re using: Work-life balance. […]