by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
When the dotcoms went dot bust a few years ago, employees celebrated their inclusion to the jobless ranks with pink-slip parties. Your entry ticket was showing your termination notice at the door. No notice, no party. Being fired became a badge of honor—if you hadn’t...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
During the past month, I’ve had several queries about personal information, as in, how much should be revealed within the confines of the workplace? Consider this—you are the parent of a driving teenager, a challenge that post teen parents will empathize with you on....
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
There’s a classic scene in the movie, A League of Their Own, when manager Tom Hanks sees one of his outfielders approaching the dugout and she’s crying. He says (actually yells), “Crying?! There’s no crying in baseball!”Hmmm … now where would that be in the player’s...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Nursing is pretty lean. I suspect it will be made leaner. In other departments, there are a lot of management people; there could be some streamlining done there. In nursing, we have always bit the bullet and found out later that other departments haven’t...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
For Seinfeld watchers, one of the classic episodes starts in Monk’s Restaurant. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and his girlfriend of the month are at their regular table. Kramer gets up to make a phone call. Both Jerry and Elaine attempt to engage the woman in...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Since September 11, people are talking more—in the workplace; in their homes; with their friends; and with strangers. I fly a lot—I’m one of those road warriors who routinely logs in excess of 100,000 miles each year and working on my second million miles with United...
