In our 24/7 high-tech global marketplace, the wizardry of the Gen X and Gen Y folk is an important commodity. But a new survey by executive search firm Stanton Chase International and Birkman International demonstrates essentially that companies should be more concerned with losing the wisdom of the baby boomer generation.
A winter freeze has taken residence across parts of the country. The snow is falling, people are staying indoors and a storm is brewing outside (and in the markets) as I write these words. Although the wicked weather is a frightful mix of whipping winds, gray skies and the occasional snowflake where I live in New York, a rather large afternoon crowd took to the treadmills, weights, and steamroom this afternoon at my local gym; myself included.
This is really the time to turn up the heat and put more effort into removing holiday pounds. And with the job numbers at a new low not seen since after Katrina, it’s also a time to turn up the heat at work or in your career. Talk of recession might spark some jitters in job stability moving forward in 2008 due to the housing market mess and other fallout from the subprime crunch. It really depends on the sector in which you work. Regardless, it’s not such a bad idea to pump up the volume on your image at work or in business. Here’s a few ideas to get you started:
The truth is that no one can really take your power, it is yours to give or hold onto. That’s why I felt it important to respond when David Bohl at Slow Down Fast (check out his post he has a hilarious video there)tagged me on an original question posed by Donna Karlin at Better Perspective. At her OnGrowing Weekly Challenge she asks…
“Who are you giving your personal power away to and how are you going to take it back?”
WorkLife issues often follow us home at night. And as we all know, sometimes the stress accumulated throughout the day worms its way into the bedroom along with our beloved Blackberry. (I’ve taken to leaving it in my office at night in my elusive quest for worklife balance, but I do miss it).
In order to calm myself and let go of the day’s activities, I’ll engage in some deep breathing and a tune or two that will ease the monkeymind. I’ve found a new album entitled Night Wheel, that not only does the job well and warms my heart, but also brings me to a time – long, long ago.
With career success often comes the desire to give back not just around the holidays, but all year round. That’s the tone of my Canvas Magazine column – The WorkLife Minute which features an interview with career expert Marci Alboher.
Barbara Biziou has spent decades exploring spirituality from a practical perspective. She’s dedicated her work to “buliding a bridge between the material world and the inner need for sacredness.”
In her book, The Joy of Ritual: Spiritual Recipes to Celebrate Milestones, Ease Transitions, and Make Every Day Sacred, Biziou dreamily ties our inner and outer lives together toward meaning and purpose. A well known speaker on women and success, her material is thoughtful yet easily put to use in our 24/7 business marketplace.
Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow career or worklife bloggers. I’m actually working in the newsroom tonight but had some thoughts about what I have learned recently from a few of you who pound the keys to inspire on the topic of worklife balance. Here are links to a few pearls of wisdom to…
This week I know of 7 people who passed. I wasn’t particularly close to any of them, but I am more deeply connected to those who remain behind in mourning. Their stories differed, but more than half the people had died unexpectedly, and by most accounts hadn’t spent enough time with family and friends. Instead,…
"We live in a time of great challenge but also of great promise and opportunity. Today, for perhaps the first time in human history, we have the opportunity to align economic and human development." Richard Florida, author The Flight of the Creative Class Embracing creativity might be the saving grace of the American workforce and…
