Jean Houston Shore, Author
developed by Jhack
Category Archives: teamwork
Healthcare Change Communications: Aim and Summarize
In the coming months your company will need to explain how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Healthcare Reform”) will affect your employees. You’ll probably receive some model messages from your insurer explaining each of the changes and telling … Continue reading
Beyond 80/20:Small Ideas Combine to Reduce Business E. coli
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently provided technical guidance for cattle producers that flies in the face of business’s oft-quoted 80/20 rule. Pre-Harvest Interventions The guidance isn’t a regulation exactly; instead it explains a list of what it … Continue reading
Posted in leadership, teamwork, work behaviors
Tagged beef producers, E.coli, process improvement
Leave a comment
Apple and Adobe: Not “Working Together Better”
Collaboration lessons tumble from Steve Jobs’ recent memo explaining why Apple isn’t supporting Adobe’s Flash software on its recent devices. (Explained: Your iPhone won’t be serving you any Flash content. Sorry about that.) Here’s a summary of Jobs’ points and … Continue reading
Posted in leadership, teamwork, work behaviors
Tagged adobe, apple, collaboration, flash
Leave a comment
Top Ten Mistakes Young People Make at Work – Part 1
Ah, young people. A breath of fresh air, exuberance, energy . . . and ten very common workplace mistakes. Here, in summary format, are five of the Top Ten Mistakes Young People Make at Work and my advice on how … Continue reading
Posted in reward and recognition, teamwork, work behaviors
Tagged initiative, mistakes, trust, young people
Leave a comment
Top Ten Mistakes Young People Make at Work – Part 2
You’ve hopefully read my digest of Top Ten Mistakes Young People Make at Work – Part 1. Here we continue with mistakes 6 – 10. See what you think. Any Foot Forward The mistake is in not consciously stepping out … Continue reading
Posted in feedback, motivation, teamwork
Tagged behavior, decision-making, employees, work mistakes, young people
Leave a comment
Should You Work with Friends – Part 1
Lots of crazy things can happen if your company hires your friend. Is it wise to risk it? Continue reading
Should You Work with Friends – Part 2
Here are three more reasons you might not want to hire your friend after all. Continue reading
Posted in feedback, leadership, performance measures, teamwork
Tagged anti-fraternization, objectivity, team effectiveness
Leave a comment
Should You Work with Friends – Part 3
If you move forward in hiring your friend, here’s a checklist of things to do so that you manage the situation appropriately. Continue reading
Posted in feedback, reward and recognition, teamwork
Tagged boundaries, personal relationships, professionalism, trust
Leave a comment
12 Signals of a Workplace Coping Crisis
As children we learned to look both ways at railroad crossings; the school bus driver would sometimes wait for an eternity for us to be quiet. Making sure to do everything she could to keep us safe from an coming … Continue reading
Posted in coping skills, feedback, leadership, teamwork
Tagged coping, crisis, danger, feedback, leading, teamwork, tempers
2 Comments
Competent to Collaborate: Your 10 Point Inspection
Transmissions, pistons, and filters rarely get top billing on car commercials but everyone knows that a failure in one of these can quickly require a tow truck. Service departments organize their maintenance of your complicated vehicle by inspecting each of … Continue reading
Posted in feedback, leadership, motivation, teamwork
Tagged feedback, leadership, team building, teamwork
Leave a comment