Preventing Burnout: More on What Managers Can Do

A previous post considered ways in which leaders can manage to reduce the potential for burnout among their employees. One …

Defying Expectations

Shortly before the opening game of each of the major American sports seasons (football, baseball, hockey, and basketball) Sports Illustrated …

Charity at Work

Two co-workers of mine are doing the Pan-Mass Challenge this summer and recently asked for donations for their cause. The …

Flawed Barrels 2: Indifference

“Management doesn’t give a hoot about what we think.” This comment from a nurse on a cardiac unit of a …

Three Simple Steps for Bad Apple Problems

“We have tried everything, but nothing seems to make any difference.” Frustration prompts many conversations about dysfunctional workgroups. Everyone knows …

Helping One Another To Keep a Creative Edge

Success in the current economy rests upon great ideas. To justify a serious salary and to assure continuing options for …

Decision Making as a Limited Capacity

In his article on Barak Obama in Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis noted that Obama had reduced the number of nonessential …

Can Co-working work?

The New York Times recently ran an article about the new trend of “co-working”. Co-working is when a group of …

The Harmony of Workgroups: Lessons in Teamwork from Music

This week I’m participating in a music gathering in Lunenburg Nova Scotia (The Boxwood Festival). Becoming immersed in music for …

Where is the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders?

Both GenY and GenX employees report greater exhaustion, more physical symptoms of stress, and less work engagement do Boomers. But GenX also are also more cynical and have fewer indicators of mental health that the other generations.