Flexibility to Reduce Workplace Stressors

I attended a seminar last week discussing ways to improve productivity and communication in the workplace. One thing that stood out to me in the presentation was the emphasis the presenter placed on eliminating stressors so that people could be innovative and creative. He placed a value on innovation and creativity as the only differentiating factors in creating a sustainable advantage. What if standard or traditional work arrangements are creating workplace stressors and reducing innovation and creativity? This leads me to consider a tie to a book I mentioned last week,  The Elephant and the Flea  and its emphasis on

I’m going public!

I spent the whole month of January last year blogging about New Year’s Resolution-ish posts tied mostly to goal setting.    You can check them all out here: Strategic Resolutions Your Stop Doing List   (The article by Jim Collins linked in this post is one of my absolute favs) Goal Setting- A Series Goal Setting- Diminishing Returns Goal Setting- Feedback Although I’m not going to spend the whole month of January this year talking about making yourself over with goal setting, (because by the time we get to the end of January we will probably have ditched most of our