10 Life Lessons from Basic SEAL Training from Admiral William H. McRaven
For those unable to watch the video on my blog, you can watch it directly on YouTube (University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement...
- Aug 8, 2013
Would You Work If You Won the Lottery?
The question is simple: If you were to win the lottery (also known as the lottery question), would you continue to work? The answer might...
- Jun 5, 2013
Locus of Control: Stop Making Excuses and Start Taking Responsibility
[NOTE: This post was updated June 2020 for freshness & accuracy] In my former career as a mental health counselor, I encountered many...
- Nov 19, 2012
Silly Job Titles Are Not Funny
[NOTE: This post was updated February 2021 for freshness & clarity.] In a Forbes article, Goudreau (2012) wrote about silly job titles...
- Aug 22, 2012
Book Review-The Orange Revolution
I’m a very picky book reader. Prior to reading “The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization,” I had...
- Mar 21, 2012
Overreliance on Computer May Leave You Ill-Suited for High-Trust Jobs
[NOTE: This post was updated March 2018] Many of us have seen, heard, or read about the computer geek who is so consumed about...
- Mar 8, 2012
A Positive Mindset and Happy Attitude Help You Succeed at Work
In his book, “The Happiness Advantage” (2010) Shawn Achor asserts that happy employees can actually help improve an organization’s bottom...
- Dec 21, 2011
Virtual Workplaces and Telework
I saw an article on Time magazine’s website today called, “The Beginning of the End of the 9-to-5 Workday?” (Schawbel, 2011). The article...
- Aug 29, 2011
Steve Jobs Resigns – The Failure to Disengage and Price of Workaholism
Steve Jobs, the charismatic and visionary founder of Apple Computers has resigned (August 24, 2011). Not to worry, he’s now assumed the...
- Aug 19, 2011
The Three Burnout Subtypes
[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job,...
- Jun 27, 2011
Lack of Sleep Contributes to Unethical Conduct
Most of us understand the importance of sleep and its impact on our health and safety. Extending the importance of sleep further into the...
- Jun 15, 2011
Failure is a Better Teacher than Success
“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not...
- May 18, 2011
Information Overload: Too Much Information Becomes Noise
[Note: This post was updated January 2021 for freshness & clarity.] In “Information Overload: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions,” an article...
- Apr 4, 2011
Multitasking Doesn’t Work
[NOTE: This post was updated January 2017] Multitasking is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. But it’s important to...
- Feb 5, 2011
What Happens When Leaders Set High Expectations?
Some of you may have heard that when leaders set high expectations followers rise to meet them. Well, there’s actually a concept called...
- Jan 9, 2011
The True Financial Cost of Job Stress
It is estimated that job stress cost U.S. businesses between $150 billion (Spielberger, Vagg, & Wasala, 2003, citing Wright and Smye) and...
- Nov 5, 2010
Workplace Incivility Causes Mistakes and Even Kills
Research on workplace incivility (for example, emotional abuse or rudeness in the workplace) revealed that if someone is rude to you at...
- Oct 1, 2010
Work Stresses, Bad Bosses, and Heart Attacks
“In 2007, nearly 80 million Americans—one out of every three adults—had some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD)…[In fact,] CVD has been...
- Sep 18, 2010
Busy Work and Fake Work
In “Fake Work” Peterson & Nielson (2009) contend that “much of the hard work people do for their organization does little to link people...
- Aug 13, 2010
Book Review: Good Boss, Bad Boss
In an email exchange, Professor Robert I. Sutton (author of the highly acclaimed book, “The No Asshole Rule”) asked me if I was...