Whew, punch out too late at the Thomson plant in Paris and you’re busted. Too late? Huh? In France working long hours has become a national crime. When we’re working more than ever in the US, it’s the opposite in France. France has cut the legal workweek to 35 hours from 39 even for professional …
New ideas … are not born in a conforming environment. Roger von Oech, Writer
People work for a big company usually because of its strength, security, benefits, and stability. All of which are not found in a small company. As well, big companies offer challenges and resources to do things small company employees can only dream of. In big organizations, there is often a well-defined career path. Big projects …
Brand U’s may reach the stage in their careers when options are fewer, career choices are limited and we don’t know where to go or what to do? This is a time for reflection, for repositioning ourselves if necessary. So, address these important life questions: Where are you going? How are you going to get …
Know your Brand U value proposition. If you don’t, sooner than later you’ll have a career wake up call. Your abilities, career direction, or work are not aligned with your employer’s or customer’s business strategies or market requirements. You may have less authority, new boss, new position, marginal performance review, or even a job loss. …
The organizational challenge is to communicate the right rewards to Brand U’s so they maintain and update skills that reinforce the organizational strategy. A new agreement is thus established between the Brand U organization and the Brand U worker. The Brand U organization communicates its present and future work requirements and offers Brand U’s the …
Know your unique value and abilities. Then price your services accordingly. I differentiate consultants into 4 Brand U categories: 1. how; 2. what; 3. why; and 4. who consultants. How consultants ($100/hr) know how to do something right. What consultants ($200/hr) know what to do right? Why consultants ($300/hr) can distill why the right things …
You don’t buy coal, you buy heat You don’t buy a circus ticket, you buy thrills You don’t buy a paper, you buy news You don’t buy spectacles, you buy vision You don’t buy printing, you buy selling. Anonymous
80% of what worries you will never happen Action spurs activity Do what you hate, first When in doubt, talk about and resolve it Change creates challenges which offer opportunities Without meaning, there is no commitment. The pain of changing must be less than the pain of staying the same. Most people need structure and …
All business proceeds on beliefs or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties. Charles Eliot, President Harvard University