From The Atlantic: New Dorp’s Writing Revolution, which placed an intense focus, across nearly every academic subject, on teaching the skills that underlie good analytical writing, was a dramatic departure from what most American students—especially low performers—are taught in high school. The program challenged long-held assumptions about the students and bitterly divided the staff. ItRead… Read more »
The central conceit that drives me these days is that I want everyone who works in the Federal Government to be happy with their jobs. If they’re not, I want to change that. That’s one reason I enjoy working with interns and internship programs, because I get to work towards just that. In his bookRead… Read more »
If you haven’t seen it, you simply have to check out this excellent Ted Talk by Shawn Anchor, CEO of Good Think: What we found is that only 25% of job successes are predicted by IQ. 75% of job successes are predicted by your optimism levels, your social support, and your ability to see stressRead… Read more »
This is a funny and well-done video (via 9to5celebrity.com), but the attitude of the employee is annoying.1 To be successul, you have to find ways to make your work more enjoyable, not wine about it. Be creative and help a manager out. You’ll hear more about this theme throughout the week. 1. I’m not necessarilyRead… Read more »
I hate it when this happens. Original post
A colleague recently asked my opinion about a website he had built for his office. He was a writer and organizer by trade, and had been asked to build this site using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to facilitate online interaction in the office. But it wasn’t having the intended result — no one wanted to useRead… Read more »
I think everyone will tell you that professional networking is important, but I think few can cogently explain why. The basic reason from a manager’s perspective is, in my opinion, that you simply need other people to do anything of significance in life. You need a strong network of people with diverse skills above you,Read… Read more »
From the Wall Street Journal: Through three separate experiments a team of scientists from Hiroshima University showed that people showed higher levels of concentration after looking at pictures of puppies or kittens. The study’s authors write that in the future cute objects could be used as a way to trigger emotions “to induce careful behavioralRead… Read more »
If this video doesn’t get you going, well, I don’t know what to tell you. Original post
Panda in the office. Original post