In the Good News Department…

Mar 18, 2009 Rewarding Performance

∞ Having gone over horror stories last week, and having been absolutely floored with a fantastic surprise today, I’d like to ask now what your pleasant office surprises have been. I asked one of my management team to give me a new hire for a project today.  I needed basic information so I could interpret it [...]

My Management Brings all the Boys to the Yard

Mar 14, 2009 Employee Relations, Rewarding Performance

∞ And the girls, too.  Let’s not have any Title VII rumblings here, thank you. I have enough humility that I’m still amazed by the kind of loyalty people show me in the workplace.  The point was made today that I earn it, but still.  I always feel awkward when someone passes up a good opportunity [...]

Honey versus Vinegar

Feb 12, 2009 Rewarding Performance

∞  My career has involved a lot of swimming in vinegar.  I take the broken business units, the underperforming employees, the disgruntled managers, the huddled masses…  It’s a lot of weight, dealing with issues at a management level, and my history has turned me into the sarcastic, no-patience-for-time-wasters sadist you see today. How do you keep [...]