You’re A Great Friend But If The Zombies Chase Us, I’m Tripping You!

How Management Style Creates Workplace Zombies I attended a coaching workshop on Friday, and I especially liked a portion of the workshop that talked about outcomes of various management styles. When we started white boarding, we brainstormed the outcome of what happens when a manager tells, advises, and directs. Now, after reviewing the outcomes above, can you guess which response Jeremy came up with? If you guessed zombies, you're a winner. I really said it...

The Unemployed Millionaire (Book Review & Summary)

Book Review: The Unemployed Millionaire Escape the Rat Race, Fire Your Boss, and Live Life on YOUR Terms I purchased this book from Amazon.com last week, and it sat on my coffee table until today. I can't remember the last time I've picked up a book and read it all within a day, but that is what I did with The Unemployed Millionaire by Matt Morris (I started it at a coffee shop this morning...

Ways to Foster Innovation

Think Different Fostering Innovation in Your Organization Apple's iconic "Think Different" campaign from 1997 Apple had a famous ad campaign in 1997 asking people to "think different". How many of you think different? If you find you or your company struggles to think differently, I just reviewed a great list of 50 ways to foster innovation and here are my favorite from the ideachampions.com article: Remember that innovation requires no fixed rules or templates --...

The 4 Hour Workweek

Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek 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...

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