Terry's Blog

#Continuous Learning

Who would be interested in a 20-minute, topic specific webinar? Email me at: terrym@eps-i.com, with Terry's Blog in the subject line.

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#Onboarding

Onboarding should be a celebration, not paperwork.  It should create emotional connections between your company and the new hire.

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#Focused Attention

"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence."  -Robert J. Shiller

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#WorkLifeBalance

Forget about work-life balance and instead focus on work-life integration.

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#Employee Onboarding

Why don't organizations throw people a party when they start, instead of when they leave?

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#Future Influence

By thinking through potential futures, you are better prepared to influence which of those futures would actually occur.

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#ContinuousLearning

Continuous learning is the new normal, and is driven by the individual and enabled by the organization, not the other way around.

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#Multitasking

The brain performs best when it focuses on one thing at a time.  The more you multitask, the more distracted you'll be and therefore the worse you'll be at thinking.  Multitasking is reducing both your intellect and performance.

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#BigPicture

It's not enough that someone knows what his or her job is.  They also have to understand where their job fits in as part of the overall goals of the organization.  Otherwise performance gaps can develop.

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#Groupthink

In business meetings, views that are at odds with the consensus tend not to be expressed.  In those cases, a type of "groupthink" emerges whereby the critical scrutiny that should be devoted to an issue gets truncated by the pressure to achieve consensus.

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