7 habits of highly annoying people at work

Posted on September 16, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |

Different personalities in the workplace are a given and you just need to learn to work with them. But regardless of personality, there are some things people do (yes, probably even me – though I’d like to think I don’t) that are just plain annoying and often create far more work and frustration than necessary. [...]

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Stuck

Posted on March 17, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

I am stuck trying to decide if I am being too hard on myself or not being hard enough. Where is the elusive line between the two? Growing up, you somehow think that after a certain number of years on this planet you’ll figure everything out and that everything will become constant. Obviously, that is [...]

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Question of the Day: How do you deal with difficult projects?

Posted on December 22, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , |

I am currently working on one of the hardest projects I’ve ever had in my professional life. This is more than a stretch assignment: this is a stretch until I’m almost ready to snap assignment. Unfortunately, my way of dealing with it so far has been avoidance followed by allowing myself to get distracted from [...]

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Keeping it simple

Posted on December 17, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

Note: This post was originally published on the Nonprofit Congress blog on 10/24/08. Have you ever noticed that some of the skills that make people great leaders, thinkers, strategists, or event managers are often those that are the most simple and basic? At least they seem that way to me. But then again, even the [...]

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