Have your best people started ruining your innovation?
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We have a problem in many organizations, which is managers and business owners believing they have the best ideas and are the only source of innovation for the company. On the surface, it seems to make sense that the people at the top would drive innovation. After all, many of these people rose through the…
What does listening to your employees look like?
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Years ago I worked at a company that talked big about valuing the ideas of their employees. They’d set up meetings or call you in to the office to ask for a feedback on which products to purchase or on how the sales floor should be laid out. Really all that consultation was really just…
Staying in shape as a desk jockey
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After the great discussion on family first on WP Tavern, along with Cory Miller talking openly about mental health I decided it’s time to write about how fitness and my work as a developer/business owner/desk jockey meld in my life. Exercise and Mental Health Did you know that exercising can help you feel happier? Not…
Play the big game with your life sentence
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People playing a big game don’t have time for a small game – Dan Sullivan Dan talks about this in reference to people you see name calling and back biting and diving in to guilt. Their game is so small that it includes these things. If you’re playing a bigger game then these things don’t…
Giving freedom to employees
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Have you ever been disappointed by an employee? Don’t have employees? How about a friend or spouse — have they disappointed you? Has an employee, or a helper, said they’d do something for you but then just not done it the right way? Yup, that’s totally frustrating, but in spite of your expectations, you should…
Habit or Inspiration?
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Is it better to work by habit or by inspiration? Notice I didn’t ask which approach sounds like more fun, because then the answer would be obvious — working when you’re inspired is the answer if you’re looking for ‘fun’. I’m not looking for fun though, and if you want to run a solid, long-lasting…
Inspiring Employees is not Cheerleading
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We all want employees who are excited to come to work. We want them to be inspired to give us and our clients their best work. To forge new ground and make our clients happier than they’ve ever been about doing business with a company like ours. How do you get employees to that stage,…
Pacing your time off
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As I sit here late at night after a five-day canoe trip I’m reminded of a whitewater kayaking trip I took to Mexico years ago. Yes, the paddling was awesome, and we went off about 50 waterfalls in eight days (45 of them on one river) but what I’m reminded of right now is the…
Marginal Gains
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You’re going to hit a plateau in your business where it stays about the same for a while. The only way to get through it is to just keep going. Keep trying new little things, even if each thing only improves your business 1% that still 15% when you find 15 things.
‘Backstabbing’ and the CC rule
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I’ve talked before about how toxic gossip is to your organization. You just shouldn’t let it into your organization at all. It’s poison that will kill your teams. While reading Work Rules! (Amazon.ca) I came across this great approach, used by Google, for dealing with employees who complain or gossip about other employees. The way…
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