The Experience of the ‘Treadmill’ of Life and Work!?

May 11, 2014 | Joyful Work

How about you?  Can you describe when you have felt stuck in your work?  How did you know this?  What signals did you notice?  What did you do about this? My advice? Start to pay attention to when you feel stuck at work. Stop and reflect. What are the reasons? What...

The 5 Most Important Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Work After 40?

May 11, 2014 | Joyful Work

At any age but especially after forty these are the five most important questions to ask yourself about your work to enable an authentic life. 1. Does my work make sense to me (Not because you are paid or have a big office or impressive title) 2. Is my work...

The Coach in Action – The Path to Humanistic Management

Apr 12, 2014 | Humanistic Leadership

What is coaching? Coaching is behavior intended to enable another person to develop, improve or correct something which is not working. Coaching also can enable someone to be more creative, get unstuck or resolve a current or ongoing challenge. Coaching can enable...

Leadership Through Coaching . . .The Path to Humanistic Management

Mar 12, 2014 | Humanistic Leadership

Vision and structure To be a strong leader takes a compelling vision for people. It also requires an ability to set up goals and follow-up on it. In addition to this, to enable great things through people, it takes a softer side, a caring side. That is what you call...

How to Find The Perfect Relationship for you Which will last a Lifetime?

Mar 11, 2014 | Joyful Work

I have always wanted to write this article. I have seen so many people seek vocational happiness but never quite get there. Why? It is because they didn’t have the right partner by their side supporting, loving, nurturing, and growing with them. It is difficult to...

How to Defeat Stress At Work?

Feb 12, 2014 | Humanistic Leadership

What causes stress at work? Stress impacts all of us. It causes health problems and accidents and affects the national economy. In my management career, I observed that incompetent managers cause stress their employees. These managers seem to always adopt a crisis...

Only 60? What is Next in Your Life and Work?

Feb 11, 2014 | Joyful Work

Changing the view of aging I travel around the world speaking and teaching and it is so interesting to observe how aging and work is viewed. In many countries just the fact that a person has lived to age sixty is considered quite an accomplishment! And to be working...

Use Time Wisely – Time Management Tips

Jan 12, 2014 | Humanistic Leadership

Do these time management habits sound familiar? It is always interesting to me to observe how others especially managers manage their time. For example, when I was young in my career, I can remember one manager, who had a habit of trying to handle 3 things at once. I...

Aligning Integrity and Finance – It is Possible

Dec 13, 2013 | Humanistic Leadership

The most common financial mistakes managers make In many organizations managers are not taught how to manage their budgets. In some cases managers are given budget responsibility but not budget authority. In these organizations it takes 5 levels of signatures to get a...

Hiring and Letting Go

Nov 12, 2013 | Humanistic Leadership

Why hire in the first place? Any employer hires for the same reason, they have a problem which needs to be fixed. When hiring, the best manager looks at three following factors: if the person has the ability to do the role, if the person has motivation to do the role,...