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Wisdom Wednesday – Kindness Isn’t About Individuals, It’s About Culture

A way to change your frame – “kindness isn’t about individuals, it’s about the wider workplace culture.” Ask yourself – is your organization led by people who are kind or not? Is this a common trait that is exhibited by all managers? If one manager leaves, do a huge majority of staff lament the loss […]

¶ Posted 18 December 2024 § Jobs § Library § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a New York City hotel. Although things are still fresh, details aren’t fully known and, as I type this, the killer is still at large, it would appear […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2024 § Jobs § News § Politics § Randomness § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, history, unitedstates

Wisdom Wednesday – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Saving The Planet?

In one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, there's a scene where a planet is doomed — so they divide society into three groups to evacuate: #1: the best and brightest#2: management consultants and marketing execs#3: builders and doers The planet sends off Ship 2… pic.twitter.com/mIuy1B1WwL — Christian Keil (@pronounced_kyle) March 31, 2024 […]

¶ Posted 27 November 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education

Wisdom Wednesday – Glass Balls vs. Plastic Balls

A co-worker who said she was worried about me and the impact of the various stresses in my life right now related the glass balls and plastic balls theory. I’d heard it before but always good to have a reminder about what’s truly important in life. @theultimatemomchallenge Replying to @Dr Almas I think the main […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, language, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses. And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Identify Poor Leaders

@bringleadershiptolife Identifying a bad leader in your workplace.. #workplace #leadershiptiktok #leadershiptraining ? original sound – Greg Zimbulis – Greg Zimbulis

¶ Posted 30 October 2024 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Your Performance Review Doesn’t Matter

@jimchuong ? original sound – The Lazy Canadian Investor

¶ Posted 23 October 2024 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Wisdom Wednesday – Trust Is More Important Than Performance

“We have a million metrics to measure performance but little to none to measure trustworthiness.” @simonsinek Promote the trustworthy, not just the high-performing. Is your team built on trust? ? #NavySEALs #LeadershipLessons ? original sound – Simon Sinek

¶ Posted 09 October 2024 § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – A Deep Insight Into GenX Thinking

@jasonkpargin The new book is out in a month: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom ? Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda