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#28 – GRATITUDE AT WORK – ELIZABETH LIONS

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The headline on LinkedIn read, “Why I was glad when I got fired – again” and I found myself thinking what a wonderful perspective.

Real gratitude at work is just that.  Being content if it’s a good day or a bad day.  It’s being able to see being fired as transformative when the sting of taking it personally wears off.

Gratitude isn’t just about being thankful that you drive a nice car of live in a large house.  It’s surrender to what is.  And knowing what is (like losing a job in this case) is temporary.  Through pain often comes great realization of something much deeper than the surface of being uncomfortable, mad or sad.  The layoff is merely a vehicle for you to dig deeper at who you really are.  And, to learn you are not your job.  You are much bigger than that. Continue reading →

#27 – HOMEMADE FAULT TREE ANALYSIS FOR SERVICES – UMBERTO TUNESI

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I recently wrote some lines for a friend of mine on the similarities of an editor’s job and a certification body manager job, and on the risks they both incur.

Being myself an automotive auditor, I’m very familiar with AIAG’s FMEA approach (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) but all the duels between customer and supplier, and auditor and auditee to rate severity, occurrence and detection left – and leave – me quite suspicious on the effectiveness of the FMEA approach. Continue reading →

#27 – CAN I REALLY MOTIVATE MY TEAM? – MARK MOORE

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I had a challenge from a colleague to write something about the topic of motivation.  In thinking about this, I was reminded of all those slick posters we used to see with beautiful and striking scenes – all of them designed to focus you on some slogan or principle or other uplifting thought.

A lot of companies paid a whole lot of money to “motivate” their teams and bring cohesion to the workplace.  In fact, a lot of companies still do this even if it manifests in new ways (free beer Friday comes to mind).    Yet I’d like to ask one simple question if I may …

 

Can I as a team leader actually motivate my team? Continue reading →

#27 – ERM CHALLENGES AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM! – GREG CARROLL

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GregCarrollI came across Greg Carroll a few weeks ago when he was giving what we thought was a counter-intuitive blog called: Chaos Theory & C – Level Disillusionment with Risk Management.

Not good!  This ran counter to the enter premise of CERM and our business model.  But, we were intrigued. And, Greg was kind to expand on his views. Continue reading →

#27 – THE GREY HAIR FACTOR AND THE JOB HUNT – ELIZABETH LIONS

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Elizabeth Lions PixAge discrimination.

I’ve addressed this topic many times, both on print and on radio.

Am I not getting the job because I’m too old?

Is Botox or dying my hair the answer?

My response in over a decade of doing this work has never wavered or changed.

Age is a concept. Continue reading →