Interview with Greg Voisen on Inside Personal Growth
January 26th, 2012 // 10:14 am @ M.H. Nicholas
I really enjoyed my interview with author Mark Nicholas about his new book entitled ” I Come First-How the Individual Ego Rules Every Business Decision“. Mark points out that in business we encounter a world very much out of our control. We find mangers and colleagues of all types, each with individual aspirations, issues and priorities. Same are very smart and competent; others, difficult, bossy and incompetent. Mark says that no matter how hard we work, or how powerful we become, the business world is as it always has been: a bit unpredictable, subject to strong personalities and aspiring politicians, and more than a little personal.
Category : Book Review &Interviews and Mentions &Workplace Reality
The Politics of No Politics: Avoiding Politics in the Family Business
January 24th, 2012 // 5:13 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
In his 1964 stand-up routine, Woody Allen discussed the family business and explained that in his newly formed corporation he was the president, his mother was vice president, his father was secretary, and grandmother named treasurer. He explains that they all got together the first week and tried to squeeze him out. Luckily, he formed a power block with his uncle and sent his grandmother to jail.
Category : Guest Blog Announcement &Politics &Workplace Reality
Everyone Negotiates (Everything)
September 30th, 2011 // 12:19 pm @ mdbrand
Everyone negotiates. Like it or not… you do too. We talk with our friends about what restaurant we will go to when we get together. Unless everyone wants to eat the same exact thing, and they never do, we are negotiating. We negotiate with our family when we talk about who will run an errand, [...]
Category : negotiating &Workplace Reality
Discrimination Against the Unemployed: Getting a Job the Easy Way
September 3rd, 2011 // 9:33 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
You should pay attention to the way businesses think (in general) when they fill positions. When it comes to filling positions with people who are unemployed, businesses assume a greater risk than normal (although these risks are always present).
Category : Careers and Employment &Workplace Reality
Raw Honesty is Rarely the Truth
May 23rd, 2011 // 12:36 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
Some people consider it their moral imperative to tell people the unadulterated truth. Over-honesty, however, is as much (or more) a sickness as the sickness suffered by the pathological liar – although the liar may have more career upside potential. Being an “honest” person does not mean imposing a blunt truth, but rather conforming to the general conversational characteristics that embody conversational etiquette.
Category : Careers and Employment &Efficiency &Leadership &Perception Issues &Truth and Lies &Workplace Reality
Workplace Kindness is an Act
March 29th, 2010 // 5:33 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
avoid becoming frustrated as the tone of dialog and culture changes. The reality is that all things, including kindness, ebb and flow, and your frustration can be debilitating. Avoid being kind for kindness sake, but rather utilize your kindness with a keen sense of awareness. And do not fall victim to others’ kindness so as to be blind to the best choices and options – or otherwise deterred from best expressing and selling the things that you believe are most important.
Category : Perception Issues &Workplace Reality
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