http://www.articleheaven.com en-us editorial@articleheaven.com The message came from Human Resources. There's nothing to worry about with the newly announced organizational changes and pending merger, it reassured. The changes will be good for the company and good for the people who work here it coached. I've seen... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_684488_36.html 10th November 2008 Does it surprise you that only 400 cokes were sold the first year; Albert Einstein's Ph.D. dissertation was rejected; Henry Ford had two bankruptcies before his famous success; or Ulysses S. Grant was working as a handyman, written off as a failure, eight... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_684487_36.html 10th November 2008 During the Beijing Olympics, beach volleyball players Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh were undefeated in their second gold medal Olympics, with an amazing record of 108 consecutive wins. Watching the advancing duo during the Olympic coverage, I heard co... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_653822_36.html 01st October 2008 "Treat everybody else as if they were you." These words gave me pause. I wonder what it would be like if we each did what this "unknown author" is advocating? Would she still have abandoned her station at the airport fast food restaurant to get a fork ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_629861_36.html 09th September 2008 There's a line in the movie Gracie that I love. Gracie is a teenager in the 70s who is competing for a spot on the boy's high school varsity soccer team. In one scene, dejected and on the verge of giving up, her mother, played by Elizabeth Shue, tells her... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_617542_36.html 03rd September 2008 Once there was a young woman who didn't like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. "Leave that job," her husband told her. "Oh I will" she ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_596207_36.html 13th August 2008 "I don't know," the Gen-Y acquaintance mused. "I'm thinking about grad school, but it's more work than I thought to prepare for the GREs. Then if I do all that and don't get into the program I want, it's a waste of time. Plus, did you know it could cost m... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_579430_36.html 17th July 2008 Booths featuring products and services related to employee engagement, web-based delivery, global performance, and talent management were overflowing with conference attendees as I walked the trade show at a national conference where I was speaking. Just ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_569933_36.html 05th July 2008 It was his perception that caused the outburst. "Why aren't there any managers at these sessions? Why aren't they required to attend, too?" he challenged. Hired to provide workshops on building trust in a workplace lacking it, I answered his question to t... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_548815_36.html 29th May 2008 "I don't like to be kept waiting," he responded when asked by the travel-study professor why he delayed the entire group for a third straight day. "Next time," the professor warned, "we won't hold the bus." The following day the bus left as scheduled, ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_538131_36.html 15th May 2008 Most people are looking for the secret to success; the secret to being a millionaire; the secret to winning at working. To help them find it, Amazon inventories 1,797 books promising success secrets, everything from "Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Wo... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_538130_36.html 15th May 2008 It started with a turkey. In the early days of a start-up company I once worked for, a plump turkey was a small thank you token given to employees around the holidays. The turkey-giving practice lasted maybe three years, until the growing size of the orga... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_518751_36.html 16th April 2008 Once upon a time, a prince and princess lived in stressful palace, surrounded by a stressful village, inside a stressful land. They knew it was stressful because everyone said it was. Their parents, the king and queen, worked from sunrise to sunset hearin... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_506367_36.html 03rd April 2008 A paperweight sits on my desk, etched in silver the message: Life isn't always black and white. It serves as a reminder there are few absolutes at work (or in life). Yet, it would be easier if there were; if good ideas from bad, trustworthy people from no... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_506366_36.html 03rd April 2008 Watching a rerun of "What Not to Wear" on The Learning Channel, I was struck by the dialogue between the individual being transformed and the cast of experts. While agreeing to follow the advice and input from these style-masters, "Joyce" was closed to th... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_469290_36.html 06th February 2008 Since she'd been referred by a good client, I rearranged my schedule to accommodate a phone meeting for what she described as a "pressing decision" about a potential business endeavor I had experience with. The day before our appointment, the call was con... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_460215_36.html 24th January 2008 "How could that be?" I muttered silently as I reread the message. This was not a person I wanted to encounter as I returned from a holiday vacation filled with family, friends, and fun. And yet, there he was on my calendar. My first meeting of the New Yea... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_252338_36.html 18th January 2008 I'm not a big fan of New Years resolutions. Sure I've made dozens of them, all with good intentions and a bit of magical thinking, believing this time the resolution will stick. Maybe a few have, but generally these wishful self-promises end up broken. An... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_252319_36.html 18th January 2008 Henry Ford is reported to have quipped, "Why is it that I always get the whole person when what I really want is a pair of hands?" The 21st century version doesn't sound quite like that, but its essence prevails in plenty of workplaces.The fun... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_239625_36.html 06th November 2007 Involved in an expensive developmental workshop, Chad volunteered first when the facilitator queried the group about their objectives. It was the morning session of a weekend event that a friend of mine was conducting, and she'd asked me to sit-in. So, on... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_239626_36.html 06th November 2007 As a frequent conference speaker, I take advantage of other presentations when my schedule allows. So, I was delighted recently, with three hours to spare before heading to the airport, to hear best selling author of Built to Last, Jim Collins, address an... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_207979_36.html 28th August 2007 Seated at the table next to me at a fast food restaurant, I couldn't help hearing the lack of conversation between a young woman and a younger uniformed man, clearly employees of the establishment. "You need to take pride in your work," she told him. Ther... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_187008_36.html 20th July 2007 Maybe you received the email offering cash in exchange for testing the Microsoft/AOL email tracking system. Or you heard that theaters were using subliminal advertising to increase sales of popcorn and soft drinks. Maybe it was the "buy one, get one free"... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_182109_36.html 02nd July 2007 Sitting in a waiting area above the tradeshow floor, I watched the forklift drivers deliver crates and boxes to small groups who were waiting to transform their rented cement floors into inviting marketing endeavors for the next day's expo opening, hostin... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_172917_36.html 11th June 2007 In 1881, the New York YWCA's proposed typing lessons for woman brought protests citing "the female constitution would break down under the strain." I wonder how many women believed that and didn't sign up? Or how many would-be-travelers listened when "exp... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_166868_36.html 30th May 2007 As a frequent traveler, my goal for each trip is to travel light. Despite thoughtful planning, sometimes that goal is shattered when I go to close the suitcase and realize I need a larger, or even second one. I can't always get my packing right and end up... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_160345_36.html 16th May 2007 Exhausted from a six day business trip and facing a five hour flight on a packed, late departing evening plane, my desire was to block out noise from twenty-two high school students seated nearby. Favorites off my play list, and a just purchased mystery b... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_160344_36.html 16th May 2007 Polar bears are known for fierceness and lack of natural predators, although wolves and walruses can kill them. Feeding primarily on seals, the hungry bear featured in a recent episode of Planet Earth, happened on larger prey. Outweighed by the Atlantic w... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_151628_36.html 25th April 2007 Personable and enthusiastic about her work, it took me months to uncover the problem. Calling Cheryl to my office for a quick question, I inquired why the information I needed wasn't in the file. "Oh," responded Cheryl, "I haven't done the filing yet." Th... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_144017_36.html 04th April 2007 "Red tape. Infighting. Office politics. Employee morale. Can't get things done. Lack of communication. Layers of bureaucracy. Not valued. Rude, difficult people. Indecision. Lack of support. Inconsistency. No clear direction." These are sample answers fro... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_141452_36.html 28th March 2007 I like Simon, one of three judges on American Idol. I find his feedback refreshingly honest. While his words startle me with their ego wounding potential, the traditional feel-good, let-you-down-easy, sugar-coated feedback is not much of a gift. It's hard... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_135696_36.html 07th March 2007 I've lost track of the times I've been told in someone's positive or naïve thinking mode, "No problem," only to have the no problem become one. At the time they said it, there might not have been a problem, but they didn't factor in workplace potholes, s... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_131751_36.html 22nd February 2007 The headline caught my eye, "The Goal: Wealth and Fame." The article in USA Today examined a recent survey of top life goals for the college-age crowd. It surprised me that there was a 33% jump, today versus thirty-eight years ago, in beliefs of college f... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_122835_36.html 24th January 2007 Traveling over the holidays to visit family outside of Denver, we were fortunate to arrive after a blizzard stranded thousands at the airport, and depart before the cancellation of flights for a second storm. However, our holiday presents were not as fort... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_120388_36.html 15th January 2007 In the late 17th century, Lord Chesterfield, an English writer and politician, wrote to his son, "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." Three hundred years later, we still heed this advise from the fourth Earl of Chesterfield. Yet doing it ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_111973_36.html 13th December 2006 When young children misbehave, many parents, teachers and caregivers insist on a time-out. Think how much better your workplace would be if you initiated the same approach. No, not for your boss or coworkers, but for yourself. It's hard to be amenable ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_108669_36.html 28th November 2006 He was concerned with the direction a decision was leaning, Jon said on his voice mail. Could I meet him for lunch in the cafeteria before Friday's meeting to talk it through? As peer managers involved in policy implementation, our departments would be... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_105049_36.html 17th November 2006 Gulp, was how I felt as a young manager when my first big project was assigned. Hire and process five hundred people to start three weeks before opening for a new store in a remote city. It sounded challenging and exciting and scary and overwhelming all a... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_91955_36.html 04th October 2006