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- Resilient Employees Start with Right Recruiting - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2017 from Eileen McDarghMy mother always said, "To end well, you must begin well." Of course, she was talking about how you separated clothes for the washing machine or how you chose vegetables at the market. But it's also true when it comes to creating a resilient, sustainable workforce. The questions you ask in the ...
Views: 1056 - Resiliency: An Equal Opportunity Resource - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2017 from Eileen McDarghDo any of these sound like you: Your organization has been downsized, "right-sized," capsized. Perhaps you’ve been merged, remerged, submerged. Every time you think you know the answers, they change the questions. Up is down and down is up. Perhaps you have the opposite challenge: your ...
Views: 1113 - Workplace Communication: How to Avoid Screwing It Up - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2016 from Eileen McDarghHuman language separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. But too often, we respond to the wag of a dog's tail instead of the message given by the CEO. There is a breakdown in workplace communication. Here are four sure-fire ways to get a message across, remembered, and ...
Views: 696 - A Return to Dark Ages Pushes Millennials Away - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2016 from Eileen McDarghDespite all the talk about wanting to attract and keep young savvy workers, too many managers in the United States are jumping backward in work/life policies. According to a new survey of nearly 10,000 workers in eight countries by Ernst & Young’s Global Generations Research, millennials are ...
Views: 857 - Resiliency Clues From Marvel Characters & Make-A-Wish Foundation - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2015 from Eileen McDarghI left the hotel in downtown Columbus, determined to take a brisk jaunt before preparing for my keynote address in the convention center. Not knowing the city, I spied signs on street lamps and taped to the sidewalk that read "Make-A-Wish Walk." A great idea! Surely the path would be around ...
Views: 1378 - Re-Frame with Humor: A Top Resiliency Tip - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2015 from Eileen McDarghUp until my early 30s, vacations for this Southern-bred woman meant sipping mint juleps in a New Orleans courtyard, lounging poolside at one of Florida's posh resorts, or exploring the historic treasures of Williamsburg. My one experience with the great outdoors and camping had netted poison ...
Views: 823 - How to Turn Stale Managers Into Stars - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2015 from Eileen McDarghA new report from Gallup, based on extensive polling, finds only 10% of managers have what it takes to be "a great manager." Deep breathe before you fire the lot or cry foul. First, Gallup didn't just make up these numbers. They measured the engagement levels of 27 million employees in 195 ...
Views: 1020 - Fall Back In Love With Your Job? Here's How! - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2015 from Eileen McDarghUSA TODAY, recently ran a full-page article of Kerry Hannon's book Love Your Job. She rightfully quotes the latest stats that just 30% of the American workforce is engaged at work. She goes on to relay that most people either don't want to leave for another career or are simply putting in time ...
Views: 993 - 3 Leadership & Life Lessons On The Fly - The Butterfly! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2014 from Eileen McDarghIt started when a Monarch butterfly appeared in my garden, lighting on the only milkweed plant in the yard. My leadership & life lesson was about to begin: I discover that Monarchs lay tiny, pinpoint-sized eggs ONLY on milkweed. The tiny caterpillars (larvae) emerge and begin gorging ONLY on ...
Views: 1525 - Hospitality Is A Contact Sport - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2014 from Eileen McDarghThe impetus for this article comes from the thousands of miles I have traveled and the many places I have stayed in my work as a leadership consultant and professional speaker. Depending upon the city and the client, the range goes from residential inns to five star resorts, from boutique ...
Views: 1160 - What's Resiliency Got To Do With Employee Engagement? - by Submitted on May 24, 2014 from Eileen McDarghConsider these glum facts: Only one in eight workers worldwide are engaged at work, but according to Gallup's new 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace, engagement varies considerably according to the region and country in which these workers live and their economic and social ...
Views: 1066 - Resiliency And Innovation Go Hand In Hand - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Eileen McDarghA cornerstone of resiliency is adaptability: the skill of finding multiple solutions to an event, challenge, or opportunity. The emphasis is on the word "multiple". The more options one can create, the greater is one's resiliency quotient. However, innovative thinking requires a different ...
Views: 949(1 vote) - Servant Leadership Flies High from the Cockpit On United 757 - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2012 from Eileen McDarghWhen was the last time you boarded an airplane and the pilot was handing out Aircraft Trading Cards with the statistics of the plane on which you're about to fly? Think about it. It makes sense. How many of us would buy a car without reading the manufacture's label on the window? So why ...
Views: 1161 - Workout Wisdom For The Workplace - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2011 from Eileen McDarghThe dictionary defines workout as a "physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something." Sounds just like our workplaces where effort is expended to provide either a product or a service. Look closer at a gym and one can learn seven lessons ...
Views: 1129 - Five Leadership Lessons Learned In A Canoe - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from Eileen McDarghOne hour north of Ely, MN, off a gravel road called Echo Trail, Little Indian Sioux River meanders through lily-pad waters and past beaver houses to meet Loon Lake. It’s but a tiny part of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a vast chain of lakes and rivers that divide Canada and the ...
Views: 958 - Human Work Makes For Happy Workers - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2011 from Eileen McDarghIt started at the rental car turn-in location. My friend is a "platinum" member with Hertz-who offers a great benefit I discovered when the rental agencies are a considerable distance from the terminal. Hertz provided a shuttle bus to the lot for people to pick out their cars. Our shuttle bus ...
Views: 1066 - Baton Leadership Lessons From LA Philharmonic Conductor Dudamel - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Eileen McDarghImagine a crusty group of seasoned professionals standing, applauding and cheering a 28 year-old leader who has turned a same-old-same-old product into something fresh and exciting! This does NOT happen-particularly when the professionals are members of the Israel Philharmonic. But under the ...
Views: 1284 - Resiliency Lessons From The Chilean Mine Triumph - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2010 from Eileen McDarghA worldwide web of viewers watched 33 miners being pulled to the surface following a 600,000 ton cave-in that happened nearly one-half mile below the ground on a barren plain in southern Chile. Besides showcasing the tenacity of rescuers and the miracle of technology, the miners themselves offer ...
Views: 1248(1 vote) - Sanity Survival-PATIENCE, NOW!!!!!! - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Eileen McDarghI admit it: I am a jack rabbit. I like to hop to it and get things done. Give me a project and I'll start immediately just so I can get it off of my to do list. The problem is, sometimes in my haste I make mistakes. I admit that I have no tolerance for voicemail doom loops. I have been known to ...
Views: 1083 - Retreat To Advance Into A New Decade - by Submitted on May 31, 2010 from Eileen McDarghFrom my second floor bedroom, I look out at a massive 150 year-old eucalyptus tree that almost overpowers the expanse of the Pacific and the Channel Islands. Starlings, crows, doves, and woodpeckers dart among the withered arms of ancient oaks. My window opens with a rusted hand crank and a ...
Views: 1111 - The Power of Welcome Home - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Eileen McDarghWelcome home! These two small words carry potent possibilities for creating a connection that evokes loyalty and teamwork. Yet, one seldom thinks of "welcome home" in the context of work. In fact, it is only through recent incidents that I have become acutely aware of the power this gesture ...
Views: 1148(4 votes) - Taming The Technostress - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2009 from Eileen McDarghLast week, my big desktop PC crashed, my laptop got the "blue screen: of death". The refrigerator croaked, and the toaster oven went the heaven. My I-phone decided to stop receiving e-mail and the dashboard in my car kept erroneously sending warning messages. It wasn't even a full ...
Views: 1401(1 vote) - Play! The Sanity Saver For Tough Times - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Eileen McDarghThe opposite of work is not play. It's depression. So states psychiatrist Stuart Brown in his new book, Play: How It Shapes The Brain, Opens The Imagination And Invigorates The Soul. Brown has conducted more than 6,000 play studies on what goes wrong when people do not play-studying ...
Views: 1250(5 votes) - How To Stand Out From The Herd And Be Heard! - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2009 from Eileen McDarghWhat makes the difference between an average presentation and one that rocks your world? What makes the difference between a memorable speech and one that fades into oblivion as soon as the presenter steps off the stage? The answer sits in four building blocks that are essential for crafting a ...
Views: 1111 - In Tough Times-Silence Is NOT Golden - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Eileen McDarghIn the face of this severe, take-no-prisoners economic downturn, far too many organizations are responding in knee-jerk reaction to the thought of holding all but the smallest of meetings. Training budgets are slashed. Employees hunker behind their desk, hoping that no one from HR can find them ...
Views: 1107(1 vote) - From the World's Highest Mountains-Lessons for Leaders - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Eileen McDarghOne of Carl Jung's favorite words was "synchronicity", that unexplainable convergence of unplanned events which offer insights and opportunities. When I agreed to join a trekking expedition through two remote provinces of the Indian Himalayas, I had no way of knowing that this adventure would ...
Views: 1149 - Tough Times Demand Resilient Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghThe stock market gyrates with unpredictable and heartburning results. Icons of solid companies become straw figures before balance sheets. Children are abducted from their front yards and networks of terrorists spiral throughout the world. Religious institutions cast shadows of duplicity while ...
Views: 1054 - The Craft Of Choosing Well—The Ultimate Success - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDargh“Wealth is the product of a person’s capacity to think.” Ayn Rand Do you remember the “good old days”? At least it seemed as if our parents’ or grandparents’ lives were so much easier. Those were the days when life seemed to work in a straightforward, linear fashion. You went to school. You ...
Views: 1066 - Shut Up, Put Up, And Get Some Quiet Back - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghWhen firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing. When I could sit in my ocean front garden and use both hands while talking to my Mother in Florida, I adored my cell phone. After getting lost in a jumble of ...
Views: 1083 - Run Your Own Race—At Your Own Pace - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghOn Thanksgiving Day, dawn spills over Dana Point Harbor where thousands of runners gather for the annual Turkey Trot. The largest holiday race in California beckons folks of all ages, sizes, shapes, and abilities. Waiting at the starting line for the 10-K, I talk to a Dad and his 7 year-old ...
Views: 1031 - When Your Get Up & Go Just Got Up And Went! - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghFive Tips to Refresh and Renew Yourself in the New Year Let's face it: new years are not always "new". Too often it feels like nothing more than a new calendar in which to write down pages of non-stop activities, project deadlines, social obligations, and commitments made by someone other than ...
Views: 1018 - The Technology Trap For Talking Takes A Toll - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghA recent Harris Interactive survey for Whitepages.com released findings on what communication modes are most open to misunderstanding. Not surprisingly, 80% of adults found it most easy to misinterpret the tone of e-mail. Seventy-eight percent found text messages to be misleading, while 71% ...
Views: 953 - The Power In A Gathering Of Women - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2004 from Eileen McDarghForget "fight or flight" as the only duo of responses in the face of stress. For women, there's a third response: "befriend". A landmark UCLA study turned five decades of stress research on its head with the revelation that a cascade of brain chemicals gives women a larger behavioral repertoire ...
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