Generation Y has entered businesses in a time of great flux. Truth be told all generations in the workplace are working in a significant time of flux. However, the younger generational cohort is coming into management leadership facing significant changes in the ways we feel about work, for whom we work, and why we work. […] Read more… Read More»
Wheezing from exhaustion is the outdated view that people are resources. The prevailing view of people is one rooted in finances. Resources – money, stocks and other assets – are finite and have an expiration date. People’s capabilities and ideas, however, are infinite. And by the prevailing use of the term resources in business, people […] Read more… Read More»
The prevailing thought that business competes on price and products is outdated. The paradigm from previous centuries in business was to outmaneuver the competition by competing on lowest price or best price or not price at all, but on product. Both of which is a race to the bottom. Competing on price and product is […] Read more… Read More»
When we set out to write, we hope to change the world. At least that’s what I hope to accomplish. Sure it’s idealistic. The truth, however, is that I don’t write for myself. I write to express myself, but I hope to help you… the reader. It’s with this service attitude that I am pleased […] Read more… Read More»
We are excited to announce a new channel for the ExchangeGain message. It’s so new we haven’t even named it yet! We are launching a regular TV show hosted by our very own Ted Coiné! Yes, you now get to see and hear Ted. Brace yourself. It will be a fun ride! We […] Read more… Read More»
In a recent post I mention the need for employee happiness in the workplace. The post prompted two insightful, yet separate conversations about the steadiness and the place of happiness at work. The steadiness referred to the plausibility of feeling or having a sense happiness all the time throughout the organization. The other conversation centered […] Read more… Read More»
Do you punch the clock or do you arrive at work to do your best? Do you complain about your workplace or do you seek to be part of a solution? And if there is no solution, do you find one – perhaps by leaving? I’ll stop dancing around the point: is it possible to […] Read more… Read More»
Jason Fried is the Co-Founder of 37signals – creators of Basecamp and related products. We love this Tedx Talk, “Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work,” Jason gave on the absurdities managers believe about the nature of work and how it gets done. Jason challenges us to rethink how and where work gets done using humor, all the […] Read more… Read More»
Leadership is not an accomplishment you check off your daily to-dos. At the heart of leadership is the omnipresent, bold belief that influence, relationships, dialogue and faith in people call forward our best leadership abilities. Leadership is inspiring others to give their best effort despite what they believe to get things done. Yet, there are […] Read more… Read More»
You’re familiar with the old adage about stupidity: doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. Well, we have plenty of that going on in businesses today. And when it comes to ethics and the influence it has on management and leadership, stupidity is in abundance. Fortunately, there are bright spots across […] Read more… Read More»
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