About a month ago, in the daily snapshot survey, USATODAY asked the question: “What would you say to your boss if there were no consequences?” 31% answered, “I appreciate the direction you’re giving.” 15% answered, “I need a chance to express my ideas.” 12% answered, ”You don’t provide any value to my role.” 9% answered, [...]

I just spent the last two and a half days in a Hilton Grand Vacations Club (HGVC) timeshare unit right on Ocean Blvd in Miami Beach.  My goal was to pull myself away from the distractions of life and focus on writing some articles and working on “bigger picture” projects.  Why Miami Beach?  I had [...]

Recently we attended my daughter’s high school band’s annual banquet. It is a time for celebrating the accomplishments of the year and honoring the band students. The band instructor has created a tradition of assigning “adjectives” to each child as they come up to receive their pin, letter, or whatever other award they have earned [...]

In preparation for my Organizational Behavior class I’m teaching at Washington University in St. Louis tonight, I’m doing some research on organizational change and job stress.  Our Robbins Organizational Behavior text pointed me to an article about low stress jobs.  Imagine my surprise when it listed Education/Training Consultant as the number one least stressful jobs!  [...]

I am a student of productivity. I’ve been working for years to determine the besttools, systems, tricks and approaches for enabling me to work effectively and with meaning, and then helping others learn how as well. I’ve long been a fan of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and his related “First Things [...]