I always marvel at the surprise or lack of awareness when people run into me or others when it is out of context or out of the normal routine. When people see me at the gym, walking around town, or...
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Work During Non-Peak Hours
Some of the greatest waste in organizations comes during non-peak hour employment periods. In retail, especially, certain times of the day require minimal staffing and maximum productivity.Effective operations will do their best to monitor sales per labor hour or similar...
HR in Baseball – Firing The Manager
The Seattle Mariners recently fired their manager, pitching coach, bench coach, and performance coach about 2/3 of the way through an abysmal season. The management of the organization felt that a drastic change needed to take place to recharge a...
Passion For Excellence
We attended a concert at SPAC this past week featuring Counting Crows, and were utterly amazed at the passion and performance of one of their opening acts, NOTAR. I had heard of him prior because he is the cousin of...
Left Turn Lanes and Business Transitions
Today I present to you the first post in a series I call "Driving and HR". One can learn a lot by looking at situations on the road and how they can translate and correlate into dealing with situations in...
Concert Audience Reception and The Workplace
I've attended a few concerts this summer at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) and one at the Comcast Theatre (formerly the Meadows) in Connecticut, and have found the experiences to me amazing. What has appealed the most is the bands...
Getting a Job Without the Experience
An age-old question I get is about how to land a job without having the prerequisite experience. This often befalls those who have experience in a field but lack management experience in that same field.For those in college, management internships...
Hate Everyone (And Slowly Let People Endear Themselves To You)
The title of today's entry is a quote from one of my father figures and favorite clients. He told me that he has followed this motto through his life and it has helped him develop stronger relationships and to protect...
Managing to Do Nothing
One of my all-time great insults was when I told someone that indeed they were a manager - they managed to do nothing.As managers, there is a fine line between managing and leading and doing too much work that can...
Accentuate The Positive, Illuminate the Negative
You aren't seeing things incorrectly, this is titled "Illuminate the Negative". I received an email several years ago that a teammate sent along to a number of us in regards to how to deal with negativity in the office. She...