10 Ways to Starve Mean Dogs at Work
This week’s Quick List* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week: Which dog is winning? and is based on this.
A Native American Elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner:
“Inside of me there are two dogs.
One of the dogs is mean and evil.
The other dog is good.
The mean dog fights with the good dog all the time.”When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied,
“The one I feed the most.”
10 Ways to Help the Good Dog Win, included ways each of us can fight off the mean dogs inside of us. The mean dog that tells us we aren’t good enough. Or smart enough.
Or the mean dog that tells us our co-workers are mean and evil and incompetent and out to get us. The mean dog that leads us to stand by the water cooler or out in the parking lot, talking with our co-workers about these mean and evil co-workers. Not to mention the boss! Talk about mean and evil! Everything – EVERYTHING she does is mean and evil. At this point, the mean dogs are winning - devouring every speck of morale and productivity in the process.
Before it gets to that point, take steps to starve those mean dogs. Here are 10 suggestions: Read more
Quote of the Week: Which dog is winning?
With many of us now fighting the dog days of summer, hoping to block their affect on morale and productivity so we can make the most of this tough year, our quote of this week is: 
It’s a quick reminder about this valuable story. Read more
Theme for Week: Which dog is winning?
It can make you or break you when it comes to morale, productivity and results.
Our theme this week is based on this wonderful story.
A Native American Elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner:
“Inside of me there are two dogs.
One of the dogs is mean and evil.
The other dog is good.
The mean dog fights with the good dog all the time.”When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied,
“The one I feed the most.”
Don’t you love it?
Here are lots of resources to use throughout the week that will help you help the good dog win. Read more
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“It helped me develop management skills.”
That’s reason #15 for the value of coaching.
Wouldn’t it be great to be confident about your management skills? So that you love being a manager? So that you create a wonderful work environment…one where people do great work and love doing it? So that you make a difference in the lives of others?
For the entire list of answers to the question: “What was the value of your coaching sessions with Jan?”, see The Value of Coaching.
Get info about hiring Jan as a coach.
Movie of the Week: Dead Poets Society
Our Movie of the Week puts a perfect wrapper on our theme this week: New Eyes for Discovery.
If you know about the movie, skip the overview, grab the popcorn and push play.
Overview: Dead Poets Society is set in 1959 at a conservative (and boring) prep school. Robin Williams plays the role of a new English teacher with a very unique teaching style. He inspires his students to think for themselves which requires them to have “new eyes”. He tells the students that they may call him “O Captain! My Captain”(the title of a Walt Whitman poem) when and if they feel daring. He is eventually asked to leave the school but boy! has he made an impact on his students!
Grab the popcorn and enjoy. Read more
“It helped me delegate more and more effectively.”
That’s reason #8 for the value of coaching.
More effective delegation results in all sorts of great things like better morale, better productivity and better results. And it gives you time to do other things. Like creating new products. Fixing systems. Developing people. Deepening relationships. Building teams. All while preserving your health. And your sanity.
For the entire list of answers to the question: ”What was the value of your coaching sessions with Jan?”, see The Value of Coaching.
Get info about hiring Jan as a coach.
Brainteaser #37
Keep your eyes fresh and your brain nimble!
Use a brainteaser to start, revive or end a meeting. It’s a great way to shift the brain, spark new energy, maybe even cause a giggle or a smile. All of which can help you boost morale and productivity.
This one in particular is, for most people, an excellent example-in-action of finding new eyes for discovery (our theme for the week).
What do you see in the picture (to the left)?
Ready for the answer? Read more
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10 Ways to “See” thru “New Eyes”
This week’s Quick List* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week: New Eyes for Discovery.
Sometimes we search high and low for new solutions, new colleagues, new products, new prospects, in new territories. Seeking a new path that will bring us to a new, different or better ending. When often, the best, easiest or most valuable discovery can be made with ”new eyes”.
Here are 10 ways to see through “new eyes”. Read more
10 Questions for Finding “New Eyes”
This is a bonus Quick List*. For starters, see 10 Ways to “See” thru “New Eyes“.
Sometimes we search high and low for new solutions, colleagues, products, prospects…seeking a new path that will bring us to a new, different or better ending. When often, the best, easiest or most valuable discovery can be made with ”new eyes”.
All kinds of things can help us do this. See 10 Ways to “See” thru “New Eyes“. Sometimes it’s a series of questions like the ones below. Often a single question will do the trick. Helping us make a shift. So that we see through “new eyes”. Aha!
Good for morale. Productivity too. Read more
Quote of the Week: New Eyes for Discovery
Another note about new endings. Sometimes we search high and low for new solutions, new colleagues, new products, new prospects, in new territories. Seeking a new path that will bring us to a new, different or better ending. When often, the best, easiest or most valuable discovery can be made with ”new eyes”.
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