In the grand scheme of things, only our personal relationships are important.
In the grand scheme of things, only our personal relationships are important.
I want you to think about the tone of voice you use with your spouse or significant other, your children, your boss, your employee, your colleagues, and people you interact with in public.
…if there is not a match in style between the leader and the subordinate, ultimately that working relationship will suffer. Over time, either the employee will become dissatisfied and leave the company, the leader will not be satisfied with the employee and performance will suffer, or both people stay in the relationship and the department never reaches it’s full productivity potential.
I found study after study that tout the health and other benefits of being in love or being loved. The key is not only physical, but mental.
What bothered me is that so often in daily life, we’re told we’re doing it wrong. What ever happened to learn about ways to communicate that are positive and that encourage people to be creative and innovative. Maybe there is a better way.
Many of the things we can do to foster our own engagement in a workplace or some other activity we pursue are the very things that will help us build relationships and work better with people.
I stumbled upon a really great section on the MSN site this morning. They have a section called ‘The Guy’s Manual’ that is dedicated to giving guys real advice on work, relationships, home & family, style, play & sports, and auto & tech. The fun part is that they do it through some hysterically funny [...]