The Disposable Worker
Pay is falling, benefits are vanishing, and no one’s job is secure. How companies are making the era of the temp more than temporary. Business Week has a great article HERE about how companies are working with temps. The forecast for the next five to 10 years: paltry pay gains, worsening working conditions, and little […]
Seth Godin says “Control is a losing strategy”
Seth Godin says “Control is a losing strategy.” Is there any doubt that the world is going to go faster, not slower? Any doubt that non-state actors are going to have more influence on world affairs than ever before? Any doubt that technology will continue pushing us along a slippery slope where control is not […]
Can fun change behavior?
For centuries small groups of people have tried to figure out ways to influence the masses. Dan Pink’s new book DRIVE – The surprising truth about what motivates us suggests that everything we think we know about what motivates us is wrong. Turns out, one of the most effective and uplifting ways to influence behavior is through […]
Making the shift from employee to business owner/builder — IATF Leadership Skills TeleSeminar
Are you a Teamwork Facilitator who is an employee? Do you dream of working for yourself? Of owning your own Teamwork Facilitation business? If you answered yes to these questions then this laser-like, 27-minute TeleSeminar is for you! There is ONE key shift you must get when making the shift from working as an employee […]
Building Trust at Work with special guest Charles Feltman — Leadership Skills TeleSeminar
Trust is a precondition for teamwork. Teamwork without trust is like water without oxygen. You don’t look at water and think oxygen, but if you tried to make the stuff without it you’d end up high and dry. Trust makes all of the other things we want in teams possible: engagement commitment collaboration productive conflict […]
How does a teambuilding game relate to a job?
I recently received the following email: I reviewed the Bandanna–Cup–Marble game and thought it was ok, however I was at a loss to understand this part of the task ‘What metaphorically is the bandanna, cup, marble, and table relative to your job in this organization? I gave the groups 15 minutes to create a presentation, […]