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Tag Archives: Work
When I grow up
It wasn’t until three or four years ago that I figured out what I wanted to be when I grow up. Not what specific job, not each twist and turn of my career. The characteristics of a job that is … Continue reading
If only that job were…
…bigger here and smaller there, just a bit more senior, with more (less?) supervisory responsibility, had a bit more of this and a smidge less of that, and it paid a bit more…well then it would be the perfect job. … Continue reading
The transitions
I had a yoga teacher who loved to rib the class about all the activity that would start after (or before) a really tough pose: “It’s amazing how thirsty everyone gets, how it becomes time to fix your hair or … Continue reading
Your job, and leverage
If your life is one of service, then the one question to ask yourself when figuring out where you are and where you’re going is: What role, what organization, what situation allows me to maximize the impact I’m having on … Continue reading
The risk of being a bull
Time is the scarcest of all professional resources, yet we never seem to get enough of it. A recent conversation with a friend and advisor helped me understand that one of my greatest professional strengths and joys might be exacerbating … Continue reading
Labor versus work
I’ve been reading Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World for that last couple of weeks. It is providing context and depth to my intuitive understanding of generosity and gift-giving, helping me to appreciate the … Continue reading
The open 360
I recently participated in a powerful, surprising, and very positive experience of open communication and feedback. The idea was simple and a bit terrifying: bring a team together and have, one-by-one, an in-person, open 360-degree feedback conversation about each member … Continue reading
Shorten your backswing
It was time today to sit down and write a blog post. I keep track, by email, of blog post ideas when they happen, and was just about to go into that email account when I saw an interesting tweet….that … Continue reading
There’s only one
Tom Fishburne and I went to business school together, which means I was lucky enough to be a very early reader of his “Skydeck cartoons,” funny musings on what life is really like at Harvard Business School. Tom and I … Continue reading
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