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When Damar Hamlin was injured in the Monday football game last week, it reset our thinking about who these players are and how much we demand of them.
It was hard for us to see everything suddenly stop – for minutes, then for an hour, and then the game was indefinitely postponed.
This brought to mind other challenging situations I’ve seen over the course of my career. Many years ago I observed that all it took was to tell my boss that “I have a family emergency” and all of a sudden all other priorities dropped.
Read the rest of this entry »I’ve been reading several articles about companies who are rescinding their job offers before the new worker starts in their position. This whiplash is happening because many businesses have been desperate for employees, and were a bit blindsided by recent economic turmoil.
Imagine what that does to someone who left their previous job, perhaps even moved in anticipation of the great new job. It’s more than devastating.
I sure hope you haven’t had to do this to someone, but it might be good to think about the implications of making this kind of decision.
Read the rest of this entry »We work our butts off, and do everything we can for business success. Many times it feels like I’m so tied up in it that there’s nothing else.
Then something comes up that makes me realize there are more important things.
My mother died recently, so of course there a lot of logistical things to take care. But more important are the relationships I’m reconnecting, all over the world. And it’s fascinating to see how my friends and colleagues support me, even though they never met her.
Read the rest of this entry »These times have been unsettling for all of us, and seem to be shaking the very foundation. And it’s going to go on even longer, sad to say.
For me, the key words have been Flexibility and Patience.
Flexibility, because it seems nothing has been going according to plan for weeks now. Patience, because I have to spend a lot of time waiting for others to sort things out. But there’s one more word.
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The Values-Based Business 