Your celebrity-like employees: Gauging happiness and anger before they quit As a manager you have to be attuned to the emotional ups and downs of staff. At least the good managers are. Recently, I noted to another manager colleague that I believed certain people were unhappy and […]
In New York you do not magically have a spare room. Oftentimes, you may not really have a kitchen or you may have a bathroom for which you have to stand in the hallway in order to brush your teeth. Extra space in New York? Nah, never gonna […]
Lying rusted and worn on life’s barnyard floor Crapped and pissed on by such a pretentious bore Unshackle these chains of venomous darts For despite the high gloss there is no heart These false bonds carry a warrant To exile falseholds to an un-enchanted forest […]
A recent study found that disruptive innovators in the business world tend to be narcissists. I think we can clearly see that with the late Steve Jobs. By all accounts, including his own, he was exceedingly narcissistic (in the laymen’s definition of said personality trait – and let’s […]
New Yorkers tend to be a tad bit on the jaded side. Seen that. Been there. Done that. When superstorm Sandy hit, it was a bit overwhelming because we hadn’t fully bought into the weather hype. Nature was unimpressed by this. The ocean, comprising 70% of the planet’s […]
Did you know that March used to be the first month of the year, way back in the BC era? The month of March was so named after “Ares” the Greek god of war (or rather the Roman equivalent “Mars”). And, that is because March was, as the […]
“Societies are being commodified and virtualized, with everyday life becoming saturated with toxic levels of inauthenticity we’re forced to breathe” –Gilmore & Pine (2007) Here in New York City, you come across phonies all the time. Go to Chinatown and you can get a fake Louis Vuitton, Gucci […]
Much is made about the workplace benefits of experienced and long-term employees. In particular, it is assumed that with such employees the organization develops a memory data-bank that becomes institutional and is part of the overall success of a company. Thusly, it is referred to as Institutional Memory. […]
Speaking of not being impressed (ahem, Mckayla the gymnast), can I get an Amen if you like getting feedback? Wow, the room got really quiet there for a second. Undoubtedly, there are people who like giving feedback–managers, supervisors, and the various people who direct others surely love doling […]
Those of you that have been paying attention have realized that I draw many of my metaphors, examples, and philosophies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was my guilty pleasure for a number of years, and I’m fairly certain that its humor-tinged angst is the proper perspective on […]
