Managewich Tips: Tired of Participating in the 80% of Change Initiatives That Fail?

Sep 8

Carolann Jacobs on September 8th, 2009

Change is hard… or is it? Think about a time when change was easy.  What made it easy? For me, a good example to illustrate how change does and doesn’t work is recycling. At first, to recycle, we had to separate cans, glass and paper,  and we had to sort through the plastics for the [...]

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Tips For the Managewich: Don’t Kick the Dog

Sep 1

Carolann Jacobs on September 1st, 2009

Ever had that experience where your manager got reamed by a customer, peer or her manager and then turned around and took it out on you?  It gets the expression “kicking the dog” because it’s basically taking out frustration on the defenseless. Those of us who aren’t that resilient have known for a while that [...]

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