“The Person Who Sows A Single Beautiful Thought In The Mind Of Another Renders The World A Greater Service Than That Rendered By All the Fault Finders Combined.”–Unknown

The key to managing people is to understand them. That key is also true for managing employees under 30. While “Baby Boomers (Age 46-64), still rule the workplace, and set the rules, that workplace will only thrive if it gives its employees what they need. And simply put, those under 30 think and learn diferently than those that set the rules. And those in “Generation Y” (Ages 10-29) want and need different things, as well.

I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions.  But this year I’m settling on a theme.  Stop thinking and start doing. Less Hamlet, more Beowulf. Ask yourself this question , who will likely create the more pleasurable dining experience:   a) someone who has spent years in the kitchen using a variety of techniques and working with
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I often feel lucky, but as I get older and more experienced I am beginning to realize that luck really has little to do with it. Luck, by definition, is a casual set of conditions to which we are subject.  However, I think that good luck is often about conditions you create and your ability
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I am compelled to write this article about the power of optimism given our current economic climate and the pervasive insecurity I feel from my co-workers in my current work environment. I recently gave a keynote speech to a group of college employees in Seattle and felt a lack of optimism that would be unhealthy
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Last month, on the advice of an experienced project manager, I reversed a deeply ingrained work habit: I merged my work TO DO list and my personal TO DO list. Ignoring a sense of mischievousness, I wrote “book hotel room for bachelorette party” right after “finalize budget reallocations for next fiscal year.” Surely, this must
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I didn’t start using to do lists to stay organized until I took an administrative position.  One thing I discovered early on, frankly, was how darned depressing these lists can be, an ever present reminder of what I’m not getting done.   This may seem like a small thing, and indeed it is so easy to
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Now that you have implemented new strategies over the past 8 weeks of this blog series, you hopefully are finding greater success with your personal productivity. Today, I will speak to a monster key to supreme productivity: delegating and empowering others. Tip #9, Delegate and Empower Others! You are only one person, and you are
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Some people fear that developing a detailed and specific action plan will tie them down too much and take away the flexibility to respond to changing demands or environmental barriers.  Not true!  An action plan actually maximizes your flexibility by clearly establishing your criteria for success which in turn creates the foundation for evaluation and
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Success happens by engaging in the actions that take you from your present state to your desired state.  To get to your desired state, you need goals. Goals are the stepping stones to your dreams.  Unlike dreams, goals are specific, defined and measurable.  By setting goals, you break down what may seem unreachable into smaller
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