A Gentleman’s Agreement – What ever happened to the term
What Ever Happened to the term A Gentleman’s Agreement HONOR What ever happened to the term “A Gentleman’s Agreement”? There was a day when men shook hands and agreed a gentlemen’s agreement between two. A man’s word was his honor. Now days attorneys draft up legal documents that are crafted to look for deception and deceit. Where has honor gone? Speaking the truth should never be hard to do. Many preach about truth and justice, yet they drag out an attorney when the truth is directed at them. RESPECT Along with honor comes respect. Respect for your fellow man or woman. Meeting a call to justice to help someone in need. Believing in others, and…
Is change a distraction to cover up disruption
Is change a distraction to cover up disruption? You can have all the systems in place that you want, but if you don’t know who to call when trouble happens, what good will your systems be? Fifteen years later and businesses still call on their past employees for help. There are some skills that cannot be easily shared, or packaged in a system. Licenses and professional trades that only a few aspire to ever learn. Hands-on crafts and design work are true pieces of wonder. You can’t systemize dreams, and you can’t bottle creativity. What makes people think they can systemize another man’s or woman’s thoughts? Processes can be systemized,…
Out-of-Office
Out-of-Office I was trying to write an out-of-office (OOO) message the other day, and I wasn’t feeling any love flowing from the process. Rummaging through a number of my co-worker’s past OOO messages, it was apparent none of them were feeling the love when they wrote theirs either. I decided to search out some smarty pants OOOs on the net. But… most of the ones I found of value, would probably have gotten me into serious trouble if I used them. Dang it! I didn’t want to leave the standard “‘ ….. — ……” I also knew I couldn’t post any pictures of my fluffy little pink body lying on…
Humility During Adversity
Humility During Adversity Trying to remain humble and calm during times of adversity is a tough call. Humility During Adversity is a tough call. Especially when everyone around you is fighting mad, or suffering from some disappointment somewhere in their career or personal life. A working office environment has emotion and life to it. You are not immune to what goes on there. You also are not immune to the politics inside and outside of your office. It would be nice if we could just shut out the political rhetoric – but often it seeps in when we least want it there. Add a political campaign cycle to an already…
Management – It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere
It’s Five O’clock SomewhereExcuse me as I juggle my way through the morning. First thing in the door I hear “we need this, have you heard from such and such, and don’t forget”. I am finally able to maneuver my way into my office and flip on my computer. As it is loading I check for voice messages and I’m not disappointed by the number of calls needing returned. A quick glance to my computer screen and I note that my e-mails just keep racking up one after another. I anticipate that it may be 11:00 or noon before I get through them all.Someone needs something in the other room,…
