Raising Your Business Profile with an eBook
We’re all scrambling for new ways to boost our business profile in uncertain economic times. One sure fire way to raise some eyebrows is to write an eBook. So says, Mary Martin Ph.D.
WorkLife Monitor Podcast: Happiness at Work
Just a few days ago I posted on 100 Ways to Personally Conquer Chaos at Work. Part of the formula is to cultivate a sense of peace or happiness within. It’s something that for some comes easily, for others, it might require some effort according to bestselling author Marci Shimoff.
Expressing Human Values & Spirituality at Work
The global marketplace traditionally puts profits and productivity ahead of the human condition in the workplace. But that model is shifting according to many business leaders like J.Robert Ouimet, (see here to the left) Chairman of O.C.B. Holding in Montreal, Canada.Ouimet was one of the presenters at the 2007 International Spirit at Work Conference.
He was [...]
Fairy Tales and Social Entrepreneurship Come to Pass
One upon a time a homeless man named John Paul DeJoria made a decision to rock the world of beauty with his own line of products and revolutionary hair styling techniques. Many doors were shut, but he kept plugging away, and even found himself homeless at one point. But he refused to give in to [...]
Work Life Balance: Realtime Generation Won’t Settle for Anything Less
Lattes around the table please …and can I get a massage if I work overtime?
A new study out of the UK indicates work life balance is a key component for the upcoming generation, 13-17 year olds, who intend to enter the workforce. And if they don’t get their way, they’re likely to hop on the [...]
Legal Sanity: WorkLife Synergy and the Musings of a Conscious Attorney
A for-profit attorney with a conscience? One who understands the concept of working and living with purpose? Yes, they do exist.
While we might see some lawyers grandstanding on Court TV, they are human beings just like the rest of us, and often get a bad rap. The pressure of a trial is daunting and can [...]
WorkLife Monitor Podcast Featuring Social Activist Lynne Twist
Generating a social profit while boosting financial profits. It’s not an impossible feat according to social activist Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money, founder of the Soul of Money Institute, and co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance. But the social sector, non-profits, and big business have to work together to make it happen. Problem [...]
On the Edge of Work and Purpose
They clash with more traditional, rule-bound colleagues. They are frustrated with business systems that favor profit over the creative impulse. Author Judi Neal calls them Edgewalkers, and they might just be in the office next door.
In her new book: Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground, this former [...]
