Toyota announced today that it will build a new plant in Mississippi with the expectation of making a profit, yet American manufacturers are closing plants right and left? (Read here) What is it with American auto manufacturers who have had 30 plus years to figure out how to compete with the likes of […]
“Happiness” can be seen as a touchy feely topic. It isn’t, if it hits the bottom line. Just this week, the Conference Board (the Consumer Confidence Index people) released the results of their national employee satisfaction survey. The results show that worker satisfaction is the lowest in 20 years. See the […]
People spend a lifetime pursuing happiness. The pursuit of happiness was even written into the US Declaration of Independence. You can pursue happiness, but when do you arrive? Are people happier when they win the Lottery? Yes, for a while. After about a year, Lottery winners tend to revert […]
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
This is not as easy to determine as it seems. The temptation is to look at the members of your team but this would be misguided because it is not the team members that have the most influence. First you have to ask, who are the leaders of the team – managers, executives, […]
A team recently took our on-line survey. Their scores showed that the team scored:
40% in knowing what the goals are
60% in motivation
55% in trust of one another
40% in trust of management
Now to put that in other terms. If this were a football team, only 5 players know which goal is theirs, 4 people […]
We recently redesigned our on-line Team Survey. It is easier to use and gives more information in the written report. Take a look and try it out for your team at this link: Team Survey
Find out what your team thinks on nine different dimensions like Team Motivation, Trust between team members, […]
Second, defenses kick in. Defenses are designed to protect you from contradictory information about yourself. If you believe you are a kind person, your defenses will filter out any information that indicate you were unkind in a given situation. They work well to keep incoming information consistent with your self-perception. The problem […]
Quite busy this week with our Emotional Intelligence workshop. Here are some reflections on the process most people go through after this workshop. Looking at oneself is never easy. It takes courage to look at yourself in new ways. When people walk into the EI workshop they are generally apprehensive and […]
Note: See yesterday’s blog for the first part of this discussion.
Jealousy is deadly. It may not literally kill but it kills relationships. Healthy relationships have little or no jealousy in them. When there are problems they are discussed openly and rational agreements made. When jealousy is involved, rational agreements are difficult […]