It is no longer the norm that employees stay with the same company for the bulk of their adult lives. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average tenure in the U.S. in 2012 was 4.6 years. Over a career spanning 40+ years, that's a lot of change for the average American. It's interesting …
Category: Decision Making
When You’ve Made a Bad Decision
What do you do when you realize you've made a bad decision? I hate saying "it depends," but correcting bad decisions really does depend on the significance of the decision and the reality of the new circumstances in which we find ourselves. It isn't always easy, quick or possible to correct a previous bad choice. …
Leap Year Lesson #268: Don’t Rush Into the Wrong Decision
The speed of business can be lightening fast. You cannot always afford to take all the time you want to make the decisions you must make. Sometimes you have to take the info you have on hand and make a call - for good or bad - and move on. There are times, however, when …
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Leap Year Lesson #252: You’re Responsible For Your Own Decisions
I'm tired of hearing people blame others for things. In our current toxic political climate, for example, blame is thrown around far more than taking responsibility to make things better. At my work a few years ago, some in leadership frequently repeated the phrase "It's not my fault, but it is my problem." They wanted …
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Leap Year Lesson #227: Talk Things Through
In yesterday's post, I admitted to struggling with something that had really been bothering me. I'm sure I'll continue to struggle somewhat with it, but the amazing thing to me was that as soon as I had written about it, I felt better. Thinking through it enough to put it down in black and white …
