Is it possible to give 100% all the time at what we’re doing? Let’s start with an example. Professional athletes have a strength coach. Odds are they have a nutritionist or they work with one along with some others. Professional athletes respect their need to focus and have the ability to quiet the crowd noise. So the majority of them work with a professional coach for their mindset – their head – their brain. Another thing pro athletes do is they respect rest days. They take a rest day … [Read more...]
Is Your Work Environment Right For You?
This may sound almost hard to believe – however – when I worked in one of the top oil trading and refining companies in the world, I introduced the open seating floor plan for the operations team and it took off throughout many other areas of the company. Before then, only the trading guys had a partial open floor plan. Our communication between each other was greatly enhanced and we were able to provide each other with assistance in a variety of items, That just never happened before, or … [Read more...]