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Do you need a mentor or a coach? How to decide.

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022James McIntoshCoach/Mentor

Here’s nonsense at work. Too many goals, not enough go. Would a coach help? That question is so then. Today, the question is: Would a coach help more than an app? Actually, there is a third question: -> Do you need a mentor or a coach? How to decide. What’s the difference between a mentor…

Suspicious minds at work can lead to divorce

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022James McIntoshAttitude/Mindset

Here’s nonsense at work. This era of The Great Resignation has me thinking about suspicious minds at work. You know what I mean. Will she? Won’t she? Will he? Won’t he? (Resign, that is.) The problem with suspicious minds is the type of conclusions they invariably jump to. Incorrect ones. Here’s one powerful way to…

Try Less Dream, More Resolution

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022James McIntoshGoals & Resolutions

Here’s nonsense at work. Last week, I suggested you give your goals more meaning by focusing on the outcome you want. If you don’t feel like ready that post again, here’s a simple example to show what I mean: Do you wash dishes to get them clean (planned goal)? Or do you clean them to…

Give Your Goal More Meaning

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021James McIntoshGoals & Resolutions

Here’s nonsense at work. You are about to travel somewhere. (Play along even if you’re not going anywhere.) What is your planned goal? And what is your desired outcome? Chances are they are different. Here’s why. We tend to see our destination as the goal and we stop thinking deeper. If your goal matters, then…

Is There a Hole in This Holiday or What?

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021James McIntoshUncategorized

Here’s nonsense at work. When I was a kid, the build-up to Christmas was long and slow. Nowadays it just seems to arrive, notwithstanding the hard marketing retailers do to stretch the start all the way back to summer. This change in tempo has little to do with Christmas becoming “The Holidays”, nor has it…

When tech revolution promotes management devolution

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021James McIntoshExploitation

Here’s nonsense at work. How do I fire thee? Let me count the ways. (Sorry, Elizabeth Barret Browning) By now you have surely heard of the 900 employees fired via Zoom. Well, it’s a management trend encouraged by technology advances, nothing more. -> The tech revolution has outstripped management evolution. In the mid-1980s, a friend…