Category Archives: Improve Morale

How to get More Time in Your Day

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You are trying to get your work done, when one of your employees gives you a call.  You find yourself pulled in to their issue.  This is what you are supposed to do.  You are there for them.  You finally get their issue resolved, and back to your project when another employee stops in to discuss an issue that they are having.  This one ends up taking the rest of your day and you have to stay late because you are responsible for getting your work done on time as well.  Does this sound like a normal day for you?  Read more

Today, I Was Referred by a Billionaire

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It is not everyday that a billionaire tells the world about you, so today I get to toot my own horn.  Wednesday night on the CBS show “Person to Person” Warren Buffett was profiled.  He walked the audience through his office and discussed the things there that were important to him.  I will let him do the talking instead of me:

Skip to minute 6:00 if you only want to hear the part about Dale Carnegie.  (I would recommend watching the whole thing though as he talks about his philosophy of investing throughout.)  Read more

How To Improve Morale with Only One Change

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I worked with a government official.  Let’s call him “Dan.”  He had an issue where he never heard about the problems his people were having until it was too late.  The issues had already grown to the point where his people were furious, feuding and in some cases, even quitting.  I asked him to try out something: stop criticizing his people.  ”Dan” implemented this one change and within two weeks his people were coming to him with their issues long before they got blown out of proportion.  Read more