I can’t believe I’ve never written about this! I’ve been laid off 4 times in my career. One thing I’ll tell you is that it hurts every time. I tend to take my job personally and, admittedly, wrap too much of my own self-identity in my job. But, that’s my character flaw…it isn’t everyone’s that [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Facing a layoff? Plan your exit on your terms.
Posted in Management, Networking, work/life balance, tagged layoff, severance on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Oak and The Reed: Flexibility, Adaptability and Embracing Change
Posted in General Business, Management, tagged business growth, change, culture on July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love the fable of the mighty oak and the humble reed. The oak that was so confident and proud of his deep roots and stature compared the the humble reed that grew along a riverbank. As you know in the fable the storm blew the oak down and the reed survived the storm by [...]
Vindicated! Thank you HP
Posted in work/life balance on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new study in the UK, commissioned by Hewlett Packard, finds that constantly checking emails lowers your IQ more than smoking pot. I knew it! I’ve railed against the evils of email a lot on this blog.
“This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” Wilson said. “We have found that this obsession with looking [...]
Talent is number 1
Posted in General Business, Management on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just read this: 76% of all companies in the survey were found to have some kind of succession plan in place, yet 40% of companies lacked any process or capability to identify future talent. (via)
I thought, you know, there’s a reason companies like IBM and GE radically changed the way they did business. They [...]
Stop. You’re Going too fast and nobody cares.
Posted in General Business, Management, work/life balance on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I spend a lot of my time on self-care. When you find yourself working 18 hour days in short bursts to finish projects or cover in times of crisis, you have to focus on yourself…or believe me your body will force you to at some point.
Has your body just ever knocked you flat? Two days later, [...]
In praise of the three day weekend
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the Fourth of July week and a lot of people took the whole week off here in the office. Not me, I’m leaving at 3 on Thursday, though for a nice long weekend. I’ve never been one for a one or two week vacation because I get bored, but a nice long weekend is [...]
