What is the organization’s hierarchy? It’s that pyramid-shaped diagram where your name and position appears if you are important and where only your position is labeled if you are not. Or it’s that circular diagram that tries too hard to convince you that your organization has no levels because only the customer matters. (Yes, and…
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#44: To be a leader, be a leader
Here’s nonsense at work. So, you want to be a leader? Then be a leader. It’s that simple. However, there’s just one little problem. How do you define leadership? Unless you are clear on what being a leader means, you cannot present yourself as a leader. Yet, the only way people will notice that you…
#43: Get lost to get fresh
Here’s nonsense at work. Today I avoided being ambushed on the way to work. And I am sure that tonight I will avoid an ambush going home. I have become pretty good at finding different ways to and from work. Fear made me do it. Fear of what? Fear of what too much sameness can…
#42: Why you can’t live your life in a straight line
Here’s nonsense at work . . . . . . with a mind opening observation by the psychologist Roy Baumeister: You spend about 95% of your time driving your car going straight, but it’s the turns that determine where you end up. Now consider this about flying in a jet plane. The only way your…
#41: No tantrum needed as you add bad days
Here’s nonsense at work. Why do infants throw more effective tantrums than adults? Is it because they are less inhibited? Because they have only their lungs to make an impact? Because they don’t know better? None of the above! It is because at that age, any bad day or bad event is, percentage wise, based…