Month: January 2019
Personally I do not like selfies, however, I came across some interesting research that changed the way that I viewed selfies and could possible change your perspective as well. I was reading Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert which describes the science of how well can the human brain imagine its own future and…
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According to Gallup Research in 2016, over half of 18-29 years see socialism in a positive light while less than a quarter of 65+ year old employees do. While on first glance these difference don’t seem noteworthy, its are symbolic that the workplace has become an increasing varied in viewpoints. In addition, due to social…
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“I just hire some smart people and get out of the way” – IDEO, chairman and founder. You have probably heard of this quote numerous times from Silicon Valley companies that believe as long as you hire smart people, get out of their way, and get a few ping pong tables, the company will…
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When reading the book, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense, I came across a chapter that initially found appalling. The chapter was titled, Are Great Leaders In Control of their Companies? In that chapter, the authors showed that the influence of a great leader is a lot smaller than the get credit for. In…
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To many people’s surprise, the historian David McCullough in his book 1776, described how when George Washington never led an army into battle when he took control of the Continental Army in 1775. Not only that, but the first president made terrible decisions that led to thousands of soldiers being slain during 1776. However, over…
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In a post earlier this month, I touched upon Extreme Ownership and its applicability to the workplace. If you are not familiar with Extreme Ownership, EO is a type of leadership style coined by Jocko Willink and Leif Basi, both former Navy SEALS, that involve taking ownership in everything relating to a team: weather, performance,…
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And poof! They are gone. As though the wizard, Merlin himself came to your workplace, Millennials keep leaving left and right. When you are finally able to backfill a position, poof! someone else leaves. How do you stop this from happening? Is it inevitable with the Millennials of today? Having studied Millennials workplace behavior, and…
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I didn’t believe them until I saw the data. They pushed the paper over that read the total amount of turnover they had in the past year. I couldn’t believe what I saw. Half of the employees that no longer worked at the company just disappeared. What do I mean by disappearing? As in, employees…
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“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”― Friedrich Nietzsche How simple yet profoundly deep. Motivation 3.0, coined by Daniel H. Pink, in his book Drive, has three parts to it, and the last part is ‘purpose’. The other two, autonomy and mastery, have both been discussed in posts…
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Earlier this week, I wrote a post, here, discussing the first part of Motivation 3.0. In that post, I covered what Motivation 3.0 is, (creating a workplace environment to foster intrinsic motivation), the three pillars of Motivation 3.0, and a deep dive into autonomy. Covering those parts, I would like to discuss the second pillar-…
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