Are workplace politics having an impact at your workplace? In my previous article on workplace politics – I promised to present some of the effects of workplace politics and ways to handle workplace politics where you work. Let’s start with some of the negative impacts of workplace politics which are significantly costly to a company. High rate of turnover A high rate of turnover of employees which is much higher than similar companies of their size in their industry. Employee turnover is … [Read more...]
Are There Workplace Politics Where You Work?
The topic of workplace politics came up during one of my VIP retreats. It was during one of the Mastermind Sessions. These are generally free flowing facilitated meetings. The question was asked by one of the members to another member, “So why don’t you run for office in your home state?” “You mean get into politics?” “I guess you have to do that to run for an elected office, sure, why not?.” “Oh, that’s the last thing I want to do is get into politics!” “You’re telling me that … [Read more...]
Revenue and Profit and These Three Questions
For a small to medium sized business owner, keeping the revenue continuing to flow in and making a profit are the keys to staying in business. Here are three questions which are topics being discussed at businesses large and small and I’m interested to know how you are handling them. Question #1 – Shrinkage, stealing or taking something and not paying for it. Until recently known as illegal activity. If you have a retail operation you know exactly what this refers to. However, even if … [Read more...]
A Four Day Work Week – Really?
A four day work week is suddenly a hot topic – really? Covid-19 happened and it wasn’t fun for anyone. People who were able to keep a job and were able to work remotely did exactly that. Others who were on the front lines and are critical workers performed miracles throughout. In fact, many still do, every single day. Meanwhile there’s a wake up call especially in larger companies and especially in tech. This week Mark Zuckerberg actually sounded like a really seasoned CEO who wants a … [Read more...]
Do You Know The Rules In Practice?
Call them the rules used in practice or in daily life. Some of these are based upon laws (not always obeyed by many), some are based upon courtesy (not put into practice by many), some are based upon chivalry (a few are offended by these) and others are unique to an industry and have been utilized for a long, long time. Let’s first go through a few examples of these to have your mind thinking about a few which may specifically apply to you. Actually STOP at a stop sign when driving a … [Read more...]
Focus On One Thing
This will sound simple. It will sound easy. Many large, medium and small companies do not do it. Entrepreneurs and small business owners are guilty as well. It is so much much easier to get all caught up in so many other items that come up. Is it possible these are actually distractions presented to test us? A test to see how very committed we each actually are to our vision, mission and goals? FOCUS ON ONE THING - THE THINGS WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL Everything else - the things we cannot … [Read more...]
