Surviving the End-of-Year Silliness
Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is coming – and with it, the annual round of office parties and invitations. For some, this is simply a time to enjoy being together outside work. But for many, end- of-year functions are fraught with traps and contradictions. How do you socialize in a human way with people who may […]
Rightsizing, Downsizing, Capsizing
After the bloodletting – now what? Business shrinking? Contracts diminishing? If you’re rightsizing or downsizing your company in this economy, make sure you don’t stop with the job half done. You obviously have to do what the finance person or the Excel spreadsheet tells you. Nobody can run a business at a loss, and if […]
People Shut Down Too
How do you get people enthusiastic again after the shutdown? Any psychologist will tell you that work – having a job and getting paid for that job – is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. It follows that being thrown out of work, especially when it’s done unfairly and […]
Lean Forward and Strap In
The next few months will see some of the biggest changes in staff and people development for the last 20 years.A combination of global fiscal tightening and a series of scandals in which unqualified “trainertainers” were hired – at great cost – in preference to real trainers at various conferences and meetings have changed the […]