by Jonathan | Dec 12, 2019 | Leadership
Work is forever changing. The essence of the change is that a person’s work is irreversibly transitioning from repetitive tasks to discreet projects. Many jobs now and in years past required the worker to show up and repeat one task or a set of tasks throughout the...
by Jonathan | Dec 11, 2019 | Leadership
Measuring productivity used to be easy. Years ago I had a job changing customer’s addresses in our system after they mailed us a change of address card. Eight hours a day I was doing data entry. My supervisor could see my production because I would start with a big...
by Jonathan | Dec 10, 2019 | Leadership
We all want the best. Right? We want the best people on our team. We want that team of “best people” to create the best products. We want to offer the best services. We want the best outcomes. Often, though, we don’t have the best. We don’t have the best people, the...
by Jonathan | Dec 4, 2019 | Leadership
In the past 10 years Generation X has developed a master skill. That skill? Translation. For so long we (Generation X) listened to our older and wiser leaders and then attempted to make sense of what they were asking. Now, this isn’t unique. Everybody does...
by Jonathan | Dec 3, 2019 | Leadership
If not right now, then never. If you can’t imagine having lunch with that person right now, don’t schedule it for later. If you wouldn’t want to attend that meeting this afternoon, forget about scheduling it for next week. If the event will bore you to tears today, it...
