Best Buy got rid of “time and place” for workers. They no longer dictate work hours or workplace...where you have to work. They create outcome based goals for what each employee must achieve. It unleashed a whole new envelope of innovation of morale with those workers which allowed them to drive high level performance we've seen with Best Buy. Customizing workplace to meet employee needs. Provide flexibility to employees on flexibility and freedom while holing employees accountable for goals and objectives.
Understanding the four ingredients of professional Mojo and how to avoid killing it Marshall Goldsmith's book explores how to find and maintain your professional Mojo Marshall Goldsmith wrote Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It and in his book, he says that four ingredients need to be combined in order for you to have great Mojo: The Four Essential Ingredients of Mojo 1. Identity: Who you think you are? Our identity is created in a number of…
Timeless wisdom from Mark Twain transformed into a powerful productivity framework for today's overwhelmed professional The "Eat That Frog" method focuses on tackling your most challenging task first thing in the morning In a world where distractions multiply and to-do lists seem endless, finding the right productivity system can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Few methods, however, have proven as effective and enduring as "Eat That Frog"—a deceptively simple technique popularized by productivity expert Brian Tracy. The concept draws inspiration from a quote often…
Why 37x More Productive Is Impossible Zappos COO Alfred Lin enlightens us on how to become 37 times more productive in only one year! Can it be? Let's hear him out: His math isn't the problem per se. It's true that if you improve 1% each day over the previous day, that's a 1% compounding rate. My question is: Is it possible to increase your daily productivity by an entire percent every day? To answer that, I want to give you a fun math puzzle. Yeah, I know,…
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich I discovered Tim Ferriss because of the podcasts he has been doing with Kevin Rose. I loved most of what Tim has to say, and I find him completely fascinating. One of the episodes mentioned Ferriss who wrote the 4-Hour Workweek and since I loved what he had to say I naturally wanted to read his book. Now those of you who know me know I'm not an avid reader, I would much rather watch a movie or YouTube…
How Scott Adams transformed workplace frustration into one of the world's most beloved comic strips In the corporate world of the 1980s, a frustrated office worker sat in seemingly endless meetings, doodling caricatures of his managers and coworkers to stay awake. Those idle sketches would eventually evolve into one of the most successful comic strips of all time: Dilbert. Scott Adams never set out to be a cartoonist. His original dream was to climb the corporate ladder and become a successful executive. Instead, his experiences in the business…
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