Posts Tagged ‘civilization’

Antidotes to Hamburger Management

I've been thinking and writing quite a lot this week about Hamburger Management: the type of management approach that is based on always doing whatever is quickest, simplest and (above all) cheapest. Hamburger Managers provide the kind of leadership that is best described as: "Never mind the quality, look how fast it goes and how cheap it is." Sadly, this approach is being forced on a great many otherwise perfectly… Continue reading

October 23 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: attitude, behavior, bestpractices, business-ethics, civilization, civilized-work, competition, decision-making, effectiveness, empowerment, engagement, expectations, guideline, Hamburger-Management, innovation, integrity, leadership, lifebalance, Management, meetings, organization, performance, priorities, prioritization, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, success, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance | 4 comments»

The Soul of Business

When people speak about the soul — outside of a purely religious context — they're usually referring to the qualities of something (or someone) that they see as fundamental to its identity. The word "soul" is shorthand for the innermost, truest or most obviously unique nature of whatever or whoever they are referring to. Used in this way, the word can apply to people (where it means whatever they feel is… Continue reading

June 19 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, attitude, balance, behavior, civilization, civilized-work, corporate-culture, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Management, organization, performance, soul, stress, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workspace | no comments»

Civilizing Corporate Culture

This week, I've been thinking a great deal about what counts as a "civilized" corporate and workplace culture. That's because I'm deep into the editing process with my new book, Slow Leadership: How to Civilize Your Workplace, which will be published this Fall. The more I think about it, the more is seems to me that much of corporate America — much of the Western corporate world, if it comes to that — has taken a large step backwards in recent years in providing truly civilized working conditions. Continue reading

June 12 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, burnout, civilization, civilized-work, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Lifehack, Lifestyle, Management, manager, organization, overwork, prioritization, time, work, work-life, work/life-balance | 3 comments»

The Truth About Work/Life Balance

Problems with the balance between the demands of profit-driven corporations and peoples' need to live a satisfying life won't be cured by policy statements and procedure manuals. That isn't where the causes lie. They're inside peoples' heads. Continue reading

June 4 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, civilization, civilized-work, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, lifebalanceseries, Management, organization, stress, work-life, work/life-balance | 3 comments»

How Civilized is Your Workplace?

A civilized workplace is one where people have the time and freedom to do their jobs to the best of their ability. No one is bullied or hassled by some boss high on ego and testosterone. Leaders trust their subordinates to do what they're paid to do; and subordinates trust their leaders to act with their interests in mind as well as the firm's profits (and the executives' stock options). Continue reading

May 29 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, civilization, civilized-work, commitment, ethics, fun, leadership, lifebalance, managememt, Management, manager, office-politics, organization, performance, prioritization, Productivity, trust, vision, work, work-life | 1 comment»