The Power of Coaching
I talk a lot about corporate bullshit but the real goal of Café Grit is to figure out what is our Career Xanadu and go after it, whether it’s full time or on the side or a hobby.
To that end, today I’m going to dive a little bit into coaching.
I See Your True Collars
I’m talking to you with honesty about my collar tale, in this case, the slightly ugly side of trying to find the right collar for my dogs.
Employee Engagement My Ass
The concept of EE has been around since the 90s. I like to think of EE as how much an employee perceives themselves to be a part of the success (I am the success), rather than just a means to it for someone else (I’m just a useful mechanism for the company to succeed).
The Hierarchy of Office Candy
What's in your Office Candy Bowl? After careful observation of the consumers of my neighbors candy over the past few months, as well as through extensive (ahem) personal participation…I have come up with my own assessment of the Hierarchy Of Office Candy.
Retaining Talent: Oh, Won't You Stay...Just A Little Bit Longer?
It is generally a win-win-win (infinity) situation when people with new and different skills, ideas, and backgrounds come together. Magic CAN happen.
But how often DOES it happen? And how long will people stick around if the pixie dust turns to clay?
Mr. H. Hadn’t A Clue: Early Lessons in Leadership
When I was 18, I was accused of being a psychedelic drug addict by my high school guidance counselor, Mr. H. He wasn’t a bad man. He just didn’t know how to be a good leader.
In Pursuit Of My Career Xanadu
As if the pursuit of My Career Xanadu isn’t hectic enough…holy Hannah! The consulting career can be a multitasking nightmare. 🚫 Multitasking is a myth, did you know that, Dournal? It is. Anyone who says otherwise is either insane or an alien from another galaxy and someone should call Scully and Mulder. 👽
What I Used To Hate
🥥 This morning I poured some whole coconut milk into my coffee. I think I actually heard the creaking of the coffin as my mother turned over in her grave.
Filed under the category of “things I used to hate but now love” would be coconut. Those little flakes of white pulp were deceptively appealing in my youth. I wanted to love coconut, but I just hated the taste and texture. It was my pre-teen Kryptonite.
Writer. Blogger. Researcher?
Writing a novel is only about 50% actual writing. 📚
Say what? Come on, now! That’s crazy talk!
No, it’s true. At least for me, it is. I spend a significant portion of my dedicated novel time doing things falling outside of the strict writing category. Waking up the computer. Getting supporting documents opened up. Remembering where I left off. Getting into the right mindset. Thinking. I won’t count petting the dog or making French Press coffee, but I do those too