Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

I came across this article and found it very interesting:

Why Your Boss Is Wrong About You

This is also an argument for tenure since an employee should be able to raise concerns without fearing they will be fired.

Check out the Lifehacker Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Making Your Work Life Better

Personally I agree with 9, 8, 3, and 1 the most. I completely disagree with #7. I had a job where the work area was designed for standing and it sucked. The best thing was when we moved and got a sitting workspace.

Seven Ways to Avoid Becoming the Boss from Hell

These are very good tips.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
~Abraham Lincoln

Leadership Styles Based on Myers Briggs/Jung Typology

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
~John Quincy Adams

A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.  ~Norman Shidle

“Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven’t.”

— Peter Drucker

While it is sometimes necessary to operate reactively the better method would be to have a long term vision and then be proactive in moving towards that goal. All too often I see people making business decisions with no thought to the big picture. It is very frustrating, since some actions that are done without thinking about the future can have a serious negative effect later on. Spend some time thinking about your vision for the future and then act in ways that will get you to where you want to be.

I came across this quote from Ross Perot that I wanted to share

Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.

I believe that people want to be inspired and want to have the opportunity to do bold and new things. If a leader is too busy managing and manipulating then there is no room for inspiration or change.

There are a few things that really can help make a workplace more manageable. To me the most important thing is to remember that people are people, not cogs or widgets. If the organizational culture treats people as interchangeable pieces of a machine it can be very demoralizing. Having a culture that values and respects each individual  it can go a long way to improving morale. People want to make a difference and feel that they matter. By ignoring this, organizations encourage their own demise.