What’s your Work/Career/Job Why do you do what you do? Do you love what you do? Do you have fun at work? What makes work fun? Why is your work/career important to you? What’s your career metaphor? Do you have a career roadmap? What work rules have changed for you? Do you get it? Try …
We know work rules have shifted. The problem is that while rules have changed, they haven’t been fully explained. If many of us don’t ‘get it’, it’s because we haven’t been told what ‘get’ or ‘it’ are now. Quite often, even management is as clueless as we are. This is especially critical when things are …
Fulfillment seekers. These workers want to make the world a better place and look for work that allows them to do so. Risk takers. These workers are anxious to get rich quickly so they perpetually look for opportunities to make a financial killing. High achievers. These workers are leaders who take initiative and plan …
Most job books provide life, career, or job maps. Follow these steps and you’ll get to where you want to be. If you believe these principles and follow these practices, you’ll find a satisfying job and enjoy a substantial salary with guaranteed yearly increases. Get real! Life/work/careers are changing too quickly. I sometimes feel I’m …
Many of America’s ‘best and brightest’ are moving to the Web. The Wall Street Journal describes it as the ‘seismic shift shaking every corner of corporate America, reflecting the forceful pull of the Web.”[i] “It’s all part of the technology fever striking college graduates the way the Gold Rush once hit fortune-seeking prospectors. Tech is …
The idea behind Brand U is borrowed from marketing and is pretty straightforward. Brands are a name, term, sign, symbol, designer, or a combination of these, which identify goods or services of one seller and differentiate them from competitors. Brands are also a symbol or design for goodness or quality. Brands can also be a …
In a dusty ancient road in the desert west of the Nile, soldiers, couriers, and traders congregated to swap stories and to write them down in limestone rock. These are now thought to be the earliest known examples of alphabetic writing. These early writings support the idea of the alphabet as an invention by workaday …
But, what about people? Who’ll look out for us in the ‘just in time’ work model? Tom Peters, always ahead of the curve, has the answer in his ‘reinventing work’ products. The following from the jacket of his Brand You 50 explains much: “The fundamental unit in today’s economy is the individual, a.k.a. YOU! Jobs …
What’s going on when the economy is booming and total employment is growing? Let’s call it ‘just in time’ work. This popular human resource management philosophy says treat employees like inventory – when times are good, hire project workers and when times are bad, downsize surgically. This philosophy promotes organizational flexibility, facilitates rapid change, and …
There are lots of new questions about work and few answers. What is work? Is it a job, career, vocation, or avocation? What’s the best organization in which to work? How is work done in what type of organization? How are virtual teams managed or led? How are telecommuters integrated into an organization? How are …
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