Author Archives: Elizabeth Baskin

Did you check your email this weekend? Probably. But how many times? Was it a quick review of your inbox on Sunday evening to be ready for Monday? Or did you obsessively check for incoming mail every time you picked [...]

What if you measured the happiness of your internal brand? Now that economists and psychologists have been using metrics to compare average happiness between countries, it would follow that we could use those same metrics to measure the happiness inside companies. [...]

Are you a quick decision maker or does it take you some time to decide? Our individual personalities give each of us a tendency towards one style of decision making or the other. Whichever type you are, you can benefit [...]

In the history books, Sitting Bull is depicted as a violent warrior, but to his descendants in the Lakota tribe, he’s known as a spiritual leader of compassion, generosity, humility and fortitude. His great grandson, Ernie LaPointe, recently spoke with [...]

What’s the biggest mistake you could possibly make in managing change at your company?  The absolute worst mistake you could make would be to tell the employees something that would make them feel better, but might not be true. For [...]

Despite all the technology available today, I still go back again and again to the low-tech solution of index cards. Index cards are an incredible brainstorming tool, whether you’re working alone or with a group. They not only allow you [...]

Do special benefits hook employees? As the employment market shifts back to companies having to compete for top talent, many will incorporate extra perks to attract and keep employees. At Evernote, all employees get free professional housecleaning twice a month. [...]

Are creative people motivated by different things than other people?  A recent post on 99%, one of my favorite blogs, reminded me of Daniel Pink’s take on motivating thinkers in his latest book “Drive.” But it also reminded me of [...]

Any major organizational change in the workplace brings up two big fears for employees. The very first is “I might lose my job.” If that fear seems unlikely to become a reality, then the second concern is usually, “This change [...]

When some new small task presents itself, do you add it to your To Do list? I enjoy crossing things off the list so much, I’ve even added something to my list after I’ve already done it and immediately checked [...]