Do you feel your staff spend excessive work time on social media and non-work related sites? Research tells us that rather than stopping the behaviour (a form of social loafing), you are better off engaging them in a shared vision to give them something to work towards.
I attended a leadership session a while back where an experienced leader in a non-profit made the statement that a team does not typically last more than five years. This has weighed heavily on me as I enter my fourth year as a manager and leader in my company. I recently relinquished my role of over three years as Production Manager as I grow with the company, and the prediction haunts me like a ticking self-termination time bomb. While we should be cautious based on market examples, research thankfully shows my fears of an early grave are unfounded.
I was recently asked the question about my profile picture: “why a cartoon?” My response takes me on a journey through options not chosen and an analysis of the choices of others.
I live in Ipswich, Queensland, a small city of 162,000 people located about a 40-minute drive west of Brisbane. Theresa and I moved up from Bendigo, Victoria in 2006 in a search for a combination of warm weather and affordable housing. We found both, and more.
My work life is a series of controlled scheduled actions. My daughter’s birthday provides the opportunity to reflect on the value of unplanned events.
Hearing the clichéd notion of “win-win” raises immediate concern that one party is attempting to manipulate the situation towards a less than equitable proposition. In sales efforts, client relationships, and managing staff, there is incredible freedom through additional outcome of “no deal“.
We act based on how we perceive others see us. Symbolic interactionism helps us understand why this is the case, and how we can adjust that perception to better align with who we want to be.
Social media played a huge part in the response efforts for the recent Queensland floods. Reflecting back at the amount of time I spent glued to my iPhone, I wonder if the medium plays too large a part in our lives?
I live on an acre on the river in Ipswich, Queensland. The value of this statement is much less now than it was 10 days ago. This is my story.
First week into the New Year and I am reminded why I wasn’t doing my resolutions before the first of January. I’m just not that good at it. Thankfully, competence is only one aspect of my 70% chance of keeping my commitment.
