Only 34 percent of Americans say that they come back from vacation feeling better about their jobs and more productive, and about half say they feel rested and rejuvenated after vacation, according to Expedia.com.
…multitasking makes us slow, perhaps even stupid. Multitaskers may do a lot of things, but they don’t do any of them well…
In the fourth edition of their biennial Global CEO Study titled “Capitalizing on Complexity,” IBM provides excellent insight into the priorities and preferences of CEO’s and top executives from companies around the globe, derived from interviews with 1,541 business leaders and accompanied by corresponding research and analysis. This is an excellent reference resource related to […]
At any age, we are never too far away from childhood. Even as professionals, we require repetition, repetition, repetition of basic principles in order to grow. Ironically, applying a constant situational analysis approach to decision making can get you mired in inefficient details and behavioral dynamics in the workplace. Instead, try reinforcing “principal principles” every […]
The Boss is dead. The legendary owner of the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner, died today just two weeks after his 80th birthday. Steinbrenner will be remembered as a controversial figure perhaps, but that reputation may also have been based on the media portrayal of the tough and enigmatic Boss of the boys in blue […]
Long ago my uncle, an avid golfer, offered to bring me along for a round just as I was beginning to play the game. I must have been 13 years old at the time, and soon found out that his plans for that day were twofold: play a round of golf, and drill the etiquette […]