Category Archives: Work

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Build A Team

@garyveevideoexperience “Want better company culture ??? Create these types of concepts that may help impact 2-4-40-400 employees, if you actually want great company culture, you must spend real time on it and not just your P&L .. hope this hits for some leaders!” – @GaryVee ? original sound – GaryVee Video Experience – GaryVee Video […]

Still Alive (But Still Taking A Blog Holiday)

We were camping for most of July in a place where Internet signal is pretty crappy (two bars max at all times and basically unusable on weekends when the park is full) plus life has been busy with a variety of things: * Buying a new vehicle/selling our old van * Inlaws downsizing their home […]

Wisdom Wednesday – First Day Back at Work After Holidays

@lindsayy_224 #relatable #backtowork #holiday ? original sound – Lindsayy_224

Wisdom Wednesday – Empathy at Its Foundation Includes Curiosity

Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have a shallow but wide knowledge about a massive range of topics – politics, technology, pop culture, science, religion – and that curiosity about the world and other […]

Wisdom Wednesday – Is Your Organization A Downtown Calcutta Environment?

@jessicakriegel Culture is a smell test – it can either energize or exhaust you. ?? organizationalculture employeeengagement workenvironment leadership motivation productivity teamwork employeeperformance inspiration mindset business success FontainebleauForest Calcutta ? original sound – Dr. Jessica Kriegel – Dr. Jessica Kriegel

Wisdom Wednesday – I Think One of the Worst Feelings Is…

@go_hiking_ That is definitely one of the worst feelings ? #waterfall #waterfalls #hikingoftiktok #hikers #hikingadventures #hiking #ithaca ? original sound – Farbsy

Music Monday – “The rhythms got you drippin’ blood and sweat/You feel your heart pounding in your chest/The flames grow higher, to a fever pitch/You’ve never made love ’til you’ve made love to a witch”

Always good to get recommendations for new music from coworkers! 😉 “Let’s Have A Satanic Orgy” – Twin Temple

Wisdom Wednesday – Everything Is Fake

But some are better at pretending than others… @courtney..johnson Everything is fake. If you can’t admit that, you aren’t ready to level up your career ? ???? Our systems, our jobs, our entire societal framework— it’s all just a collective agreement, a shared illusion that we’ve collectively bought into. If we choose to stop believing […]

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

Wisdom Wednesday – For A Culture To Change, Leaders Modeling The Desired Behaviour Is The Only Thing That Works

I’m reminded of a former colleague from when I worked in the HR unit who said “What makes you think leaders *want* a healthy workplace culture?” @theclwill Talk of Culture change is just Noise #leadership #leadertok #management #culturechange ? original sound – Chris Williams – Chris Williams