by Wayne Robertson | Nov 17, 2021 | Work
Jack Ma is the Jeff Bezos of Asia with his company Alibaba. A very successful company. He recently revealed a reason for his success. He drives his team to work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days a week for a total of 72 hours. How stupid. I realize I am making that...
by Wayne Robertson | Oct 21, 2021 | Work
Unless you live in the southern United States, snow days are a constant problem. Here in the northwest, we have a snow day today and it has caused havoc. Compared to what most of you face in winter, we only need a few inches and the whole area comes to a halt. Due to...
by Wayne Robertson | Oct 17, 2021 | Work
Work becomes very difficult if you end up failing. Most people I have worked with are terrified of failure. Not afraid. Not worried. But, absolutely terrified. Yet failure is a critical part of life. I remember reading (I cannot find the exact story now) of a...
by Wayne Robertson | Oct 14, 2021 | Work
As employees, we are to show to work, put in a full day and then head home (or to the bar!). What we do should not matter as we are being paid to fulfill a certain role and not worry about anything else. That is fine if we were robots. We are not robots and we need...
by Wayne Robertson | Oct 11, 2021 | Work
Surveys about the communication between management and employees are not encouraging. According to a Gallup Poll, 78% of employees believe their management does not have a clear direction for the company! Wow! That is a gut punch to all of us who have been in...
by Wayne Robertson | Oct 8, 2021 | Work
Workers 60 years ago were focused on survival and any job was a great benefit. They weren’t too picky about what job they took…just needed anything that paid to survive. They were a hardy bunch! Those days are over. If you are an employer, forget telling...
