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How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
Removing Obstacles to Success
September 30, 10:27 am
The history of health insurance in the United States starts about the time of the Civil War. Most early plans only covered accidents occurring during travel. It wasn’t until 1929 that a modern-looking group healthcare plan was created.
Healthcare as an employer-provided benefit didn’t become popular until WWII, when President Roosevelt’s wage freezes led […]
June 16, 5:15 am
From the slightly sardonic “I can’t believe this really happened” file:
If you’re a doctor providing emergency medical services, it would be good to know when someone is alive—and when someone is dead, right?
So how would you like to be the morgue employee who noticed a body bag was moving – the bag containing a woman […]
June 24, 12:02 pm
I sometimes find myself dragging through the afternoon, my body unable to drive forward other than through sheer will on my part. People call this the “afternoon slump,” and if you’re a normal human being, it probably affects you, too.
With all the projects on my plate and others fighting to wedge themselves in, I got […]
February 26, 4:25 am
No, Mickey Mouse will not be wearing fatigues anytime soon. But will we see a few soldiers donning mouse ears? Probably not. Still, I find it quite interesting that Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. shelled out $800,000 to the company who’s mission statement is “Make People Happy” in an effort to get its […]
May 1, 5:12 am
Okay, it’s May, and here are some cool things to do with your employees this month:
May is Better Sleep Month (I really like this one). Cool thing to do—let each employee choose one day to sleep in and come in late –as in a few hours, not show up at 3:00 pm! Of course this […]
April 16, 8:31 am
As if we don’t have enough to juggle in our lives, now the power brokers of cyberspace are thinking of revamping the Internet. We’re not talking about enforcing XHTML 7.2.1.b-2(a), we’re talking about a total ground up redesign.
The reason? Security. When the system we now know as the Internet was first created, it was for […]
April 10, 2:06 pm
At a meeting this morning, colleague Kandy Weaver of Assessment Leaders of Idaho brought up the notion of reflecting. Then she said something that resonated with me more than I care to admit: “People don’t take enough time for reflection.”
Ouch. Mea culpa.
As the owner of a business, it’s all too easy to let upcoming projects […]
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