LONG-SUFFERING

When a person throws all their energy into a job, it is often the spouse who faces the brunt of the inconvenience that such dedication demands.  Whether driven by the work efforts of an executive or a founder of an enterprise, this scenario plays itself out, again and...

CANCELLED MEETINGS

This newsletter posits that cancelled meeting are anathema to good organization, are counter-productive and because they are disrespectful of those who planned on fulfilling their commitments, repeated cancellations will lose you friends. Why Meetings are cancelled...

MONITORING EFFECTIVENESS

In most group endeavors, leaders and participants want to know how effective they have been.  Traditional financial statements and costing schedules are wrap-up reports; that is they offer information only after the job is finished.  To correct errors after receiving...

THRILL

Is your job a thrill or a struggle?  Do you work hard at what you do for the sake of getting it done because it is expected of you, yet, not find a thrill at doing it?  Or do you constantly get a charge of your work, that is, find yourself mostly enjoying your job?  ...

DARK MATTER

Twenty years ago scientists became aware of mysterious movements of distant galaxies in the universe that made no sense, based on the known laws of gravity.  Astronomers concluded that the sources of these unexplainable forces and activities were very real and...

PERFECTION

All too often, people obsessed with wanting to make something perfect rather than simply ‘good’, miss the window of opportunity that ‘good’ would readily have satisfied.  They end up with nothing.  Thus the expression: perfection is the enemy of good. Beaver Tales...