The NY Times interviewed Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox on Sunday in their Corner Office segment. She offered several keen observations on a wide range of subjects that are worth considering:
A recent issue of the The New England Journal of Medicine reported on the tremendous safety value of a surgeon's checklist to reduce deaths. Adopting the simple technique of checklists - the value of which for me have always been validated by the required use of them by airline pilots…
I reported recently on the trend toward cutting costs without cutting jobs. BW expands upon that concept focusing on mandatory vacation and voluntary leave. I have recommended that to several clients to consider offering unpaid leave to employees. I think you will be be surprised to learn that there are…
BW reported this week on the accelerating trend toward home offices. Even such office-centric firms as BDO Seidman are finding ways to save money by encouraging home offices - and outfitting at company expense. Capital One - health care companies - and others are cited for recognizing the cost savings…
Finding Your Inner Courage is another Welchway gem from Business Week. This time, Jack and Suzy Welch focus on us - how do leaders motivate themselves? When times are bleak and business challenges sap much of our energy, how can we renew our own commitment to success and find the…
Procrastination is the subject of an interesting NY Times article. Apparently, there is some science to this nagging infirmity we all share.
If you don’t belong in that category because while it appears you’re delaying, you’re only trying harder to find a better answer, nice try. There actually is almost no correlation between perfectionism and procrastination.
Also, for those of us who waited until the night before the final and then pulled an all-nighter? The research shows that we do not perform better; we just think we do.
The good news? (more…)
If this doesn't stir up your soul and start a warm feeling running through your blood – check your pulse. You might not still be with us! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM[/youtube] NOTE TO MUSIC FANS: You're in for a treat with Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls' Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, a…
All of us are trying to to do things differently, break old habits and transform our personal and professional lives to avoid that definition of insanity by doing the same thing over and over hoping for different results.That's why, for example, we seem to talk about the methodology of Getting…