by Scott Anderson | Dec 14, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
As a leader, the lion’s share of responsibility for your company’s climate and communication style rests on your shoulders. Lack of transparency has troubled many companies, but a failure to address issues in the workplace can have a debilitating effect on...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 12, 2016 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Anyone who knows me probably also knows I’m a huge fan of mindfulness and meditation. I started meditating years ago and can’t say enough about the benefits for both my personal and professional life. It is no secret that the business world...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 5, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
A while back I wrote about the fallacy that overwork meant better work. More and more, people in the business world are beginning to recognize that working 60 and 70 and 80 hours a week is not a virtue. Rather, it reveals certain weaknesses in the worker. While there...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 10, 2016 | Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
The idea that the annual performance review is frequently inaccurate, inefficient, and counterproductive is nothing new. So why is it considered news when a corporation abandons it for something better? Last year, Jathan Janove wrote in Business Management Daily...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 15, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Playing Big, Uncategorized, Workplace Issues
I’ve always been struck by Warren Buffett’s single-mindedness and discipline. His annual reports used to contain a letter to potential sellers of businesses. This letter contained a specific, inviolate, and most importantly unchanging list of vital statistics that...
by Scott Anderson | May 3, 2016 | Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Many businesses these days are shocked by the pace of change in their respective industries. Our digital lives move at a quicker pace than ever before and that means innovations in the way companies do business and the products and services they provide. These changes...
