Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
As pervasive as social media is today, a majority of the people on earth still don't use it. That's hard to imagine for some of us whose work lives and much of personal lives seem to revolve around it, but it's true. Facebook's nearly 1 billion users is a genuinely impressive number, but so is …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #145: Social Media Brings the World To You
There were two occasions today where it was good and satisfying to find common ground with others. The first came at the end of a week at work somewhat dominated in my responsibilities by a controversy that provoked much discussion and debate on our internal social network - an online community I manage consisting of …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #136: It’s Nice To Find Common Ground
For most of my 8.5 years at my company, I have not had others on my teams who shared the same responsibilities I had. We may have had the same title (as in the case of my first team for six years), but that's where the similarity stopped. On my second team, for example, I …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #48: You Need Someone At Work To Relate To
I'm usually very careful about proofing what I write before publishing it. While only a few dozen people read this blog daily, the pressure to be accurate is just the same for me as when I prepare an email weekly for nearly 18,000 people. Last week my manager and I had a discussion about the …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #34: Four Eyes Are Better Than Two
I've worked with many external consultants on projects through the years. By "external consultants" I mean those not employed by the company as regular employees, but contracted with for a period of time to do a specific set of work. Such arrangements are set up because someone believes that an outside opinion, evaluation or assistance …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #26: External Consultants Are Overrated
