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Really…women are less happy?
There has been a lot of press around the research that prompted Marcus Buckingham's latest book, Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women do Differently. The studies declare women to be less happier than they were 40 years ago.
Really, less happy than my mother? I don't think so.
I believe the research is flawed in that it uses happiness as a general rating without breaking down the
Cool new book on handling difficult peop...
My friend and colleague, Marsha Petrie Sue offers up a hardcore guide for responding instead of reacting in tough times in her new book The Reactor Factor: How to Handle Difficult Work Situations Without Going Nuclear.
Anyone can prevent getting sucked into all the ugliness of the workplace and stop the negative spiral. Here are some of the topics:
Learn to manage those spoiled brats in the office.
Know how to
Is cheap and convenient ever worth it?
Note: my male readers may need to look at the bigger picture.
On Monday I scheduled a must-needed eyebrow waxing before leaving to speak in New York. The woman I normally go to, Olga, wasn't available at the time I wanted. Her replacement assured me she was trained in the same manner as Olga and could offer me a discount this week.
I took it. You know the rest of the story.
Maintaining motivation when you know you...
A client recently asked me how to she can enjoy waking up and going to work when she knows that as soon as she can, she is going to move on to something new. One of the most difficult parts of making a career move is to avoid feeling like a lame duck at work once you have made the decision to leave.
Although planning a new move is inspirational, the
Can you tell your life story in ten word...
I heard a great story on NPR’s Talk of the Nation about the storytelling skill of Ernest Hemingway. When asked if he could write a story in six words, he came back to his challenger the next day with these lines, “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.”
Although the story you see when you reflect on his words may be different than the one I see, the images that come to
Why are more men being layed off than wo...
Thanks to reader Maggie Voelker for sharing this link to an interview with Kattie Kay, co-author of the book Womenomics, on why women are faring better for jobs during the recession.
http://tiny.cc/rCNLN
Unfortunately, the interview emphasized that women get less pay and are more flexible. They touched only briefly on the importance of having a balance of men and women in the workplace.
Recent studies in the United States, Great Britain
How whining and complaining help people ...
Here's a powerful way to help people accept change: Let them whine and complain. Encourage the steam to be released in an organized setting. Help people identify what they think they are losing so they can move through it instead of suppress it.
One of the best experiences I had working with organizational change was in my first job at a psychiatric hospital. Whenever a change was decreed, the managers brought
What’s Your Energy Rating?
I am attending a marketing workshop. Although there are signs that the economy is at least flattening out if not turning around, the room is still full of negative and scared energy. Obviously, we can't control the story of our lives. Yet we can control the mood of the main character.
When it comes to business, it's the companies that "spend their way out of the recession" who become the champions.
Do you have an eye for gratitude?
One of the ways of coping with this economic crisis is to have an "eye for gratitude." A recent study found female-owned companies faring better than male-owned businesses due to resilience. This means they focus more on what they have instead of what they have lost. A good way to shift your mindset is to visit a 2nd or 3rd world country. When you can shift your mind to appreciating what you have, you will find what you need to succeed.
Is this a democracy?
On the way to the Houston airport, the taxi driver told me that he didn't know until a few years ago that Washington, DC was not in Washington State.
I would not have judged this man to be uneducated or even inarticulate. He was a well-dressed, white, 57-year-old American man born and raised in Houston. If the cornerstone of a democracy is that people are informed enough to make decisions, then
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