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Practicing Work Life Fit at Christmas
So I’m having one of those really rough mornings, the kind that make you realize you have to rethink the whole life project, and it’s not even 7 a.m. yet. What’s going on? DH came home from work to start vacation, and is completely, totally sick. Mom-in-law and stove repairperson scheduled to arrive at the…
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A Job Crafting Example: The Pink Glove Dance
Here’s a real life example of Job Crafting: The Pink Glove Dance. You may already have seen this video of The Pink Glove Dance, which was created by hospital staffers to raise awareness about breast cancer. I know that as soon as the music started, I thought it would be just like that now-famous wedding…
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Beyond an Online Dress Code: A ‘Look Code’ for Work Avatars & Employee Branding
We need to go beyond dress codes and consider “Look Codes” for the work avatars that employees use online. Online look codes will help employees translate the qualities of their organization’s brand into the avatars they create for themselves. Organizations should care about their members’ work avatars because these avatars are representing the organization, and…
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Attack of the TPS Report
From Time Magazine’s photo essay on workplace hijinks. Attack of the TPS Report There’s gotta be some flair in there, somewhere.
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Six Paradoxes of Leadership in a Crisis: Even more true now
“The most threatening circumstances can be experienced as the most highly motivating if, and this is a very big if, the purposes which we serve feel significant enough to the organization’s members.” Looking over research on “leadership during crisis”, I was reading the report “Raising The Stakes or Finally Seeing Them Clearly?: Balanced Leadership in…
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Soccer in 16 Words
Remember– this is for 8 year olds! The goal is to simplify and clarify what you do once you have the ball, depending on your assigned role. The bolded words are the words I’ve asked the girls to learn and use. So, without further ado: Soccer in 16 Words Strikers: Center & Score! Midfielders: Move…