When CNN’s Ed Henry was appointed to the Washington bureau and assigned to cover President-elect Barack Obama, his knowledge of things – work life – emerged. I think it was an organic thing. A kind of extra perk of his intuitive journalistic prowess.
The heart of New York City is hurting for those in Mumbai. The scope of the tragedy is different, but the pain is no less than what New York City experienced during the September 11th terror attacks. Forbes.com spoke with the Vice Chairman of one of India’s largest banks who echoed that sentiment. Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank told Forbes, “This is India’s 9/11. It’s a great shame.”
My black berry was on Spitzer overload yesterday afternoon. Press alerts flooded my in-box, I had to silence the ringer. But not before I spoke with a colleague who called from a photo shoot in Berlin, Germany. The demise of New York State Governor Elliot Spitzer was officially global.
I heard it in the distance. Those feelings that hearken from childhood, emerged. But I was on deadline for a story working from home, so I was technically still working, albeit differently. I fit into the 20 percentile group of people who want to work differently, not less. The stats come from Cali Yost’s 2007 Work+Life Fit Reality Check survey. Yost takes a look at how employees view their worklife flexibility. Just last night it hit me like Santa coming down the chimney shoot with a big bang. I’m a stat. But I’m a happy stat – here’s why.
A business associate of mine is ready to jump ship from her company strictly on the grounds that ,”this business is not family friendly, while purporting to be.” WorkLife Balance policy is not always what it appears to be on the first look. It’s best to ask a lot of questions. Those perks might be designed primarily to lure in new employees, rather than to retain them in a healthy working environment.
Using Meditation as a Tool for Success
It’s no secret that alone-time might yield a more productive worklife. When you make time to recharge, you are bound to have more energy and clarity in your workday. I post a lot about meditation on this blog and the topic has taken more of a foothold recently in some mainstream boardrooms, and certainly in the media.
A time few days ago CNN and Fortune featured the practical benefits of meditation in a segment called Mind Over Business.
My curiosity was piqued by John McKenna’s blog post, Does Most Leadership Suck – The Challenge. He tagged me (thank you) with the challenge to discuss why, as he puts it, most leadership sucks. I can’t say that I agree with that statement merely on the premise that it’s hard to quantify. such One is [...]
