Got a Loafer on Your Team or Committee?

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Is someone not pulling their weight yet expecting to enjoy the fruits of your group’s hard work?  Here are five tips to prevent freeloading.  Avoid the unattractive, energy-sucking role of the nag.  Instead increase the chances of bringing out the best talents and temperament in everyone. That makes work more productive and life more fun.

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Now, Who’s the “Future You”?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Mmm. How will you be describing yourself say five years from now? Or at least one part of you. From the Greek word “opiso” meaning “hereafter” April Groves crafted the word “opi”: Picture the future you, “written in the present tense.”
This seems to me to be a powerful way to visualize an end [...]

Be an Alpha Swarmer? Attract fans. Start movements

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Have you ever been on a team where things just fell apart? Or was dominated by complainers (or worse) or endless, circular talk or caused another risk? Or one person (perhaps you) got stuck doing most of the work? Wouldn’t life be more fun and productive if we understood how to create higher-performing [...]

 
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Second Biggest “People” Hive on the Planet?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Busy bees. Yep. “The busiest ‘hive’ is the (formerly) student “hive,’” notes Mark Brooks, to the surprise of few who go online. More people check in more often at Facebook than at any other online social network. But few people guess the name of the second busiest hive.

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