Having Fun at Work Matters!

Did you finish this month with some great testimonials about your work? Let's hear about them!

I had more fun this April than I've had in a long time! Got to work with a lot of really great people, met a lot of new people, started a lot of new projects---May is going to be even more fun.

If you're note having fun at work, it is hurting your performance.

Why not have fun?

Oh, ...
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Command and Control
Carrot and Stick

I was reading Peter Drucker this morning. He wrote an article essentially about good management not having to be "nice". He means mushy nice. I put his entire article into a sentence so don't judge him by that, judge my editing.

The article wraps up by saying that the carrot and stick approach has been around for a long time because it works. Reward good behavior, punish bad. Maybe we need more ...
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I read an interesting article about developing Vs. managing people this morning. It tied to an interesting conversation I had with a new manager yesterday who asked me, "Is teaching them part of MY job? Shouldn't they know how to do their job if they were placed in that job?"

My answer?

"Anything that gets you the results you want is part of YOUR job. If sweeping the hallway improved results and morale, ...
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So, you think you are executive material? Let's see.

The best CEOs and managers I know never interrupt meetings with phone calls. I know of no good manager who will bring a cell phone into a meeting.

Do you constantly interrupt the person you're talking with by answering your phone? Bad.

Email
Good CEOs and managers answer email from people they know. People they know. They don't reply to every piece of spam that drops into their in-box but ...
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If your business sells a tangible product, here's a strategy to improve your inventory position.

This is especially important if your business sells Christmas items. In fact, it's absolutely critical if your business is affected by Christmas.

Look at the items you carry. Have a printed list in front of you. If you can't produce a printed list, you need to come up with a way of doing that even if it means entering everything into a ...
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