Weekly Reports

ONE IN FIVE ‘HIGHLY ENGAGED’ WORKERS ARE AT RISK OF ‘BURNOUT’ and more likely to end up visiting an emergency room for physical as well as mental exhaustion. Burnout generally emerges from “trying to manage an unreasonable number of tasks... Continue

‘ORGANIC’ LABELING IS FAR FROM FIRMLY DEFINITIVE, but: (1) For milk products, a USDA seal relates to dairy cows which haven’t been raised with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides or GMOs, and must get a third of their calories from grazing; (2)... Continue

FRUSTRATION WITH WASTED TIME IN COMPANY MEETINGS can be lessened by: (1) Scheduling start/stop times and abiding by them. Studies show that 90 minutes is optimal for attention span effectiveness; (2) NO phones or computers to preclude text or email... Continue

TIME MIS-MANAGEMENT AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL CAN HAVE CRITICAL IMPACTS on productivity and organizational results, particularly from “Initiative Overload… since Leadership time too often gets treated as though it were limitless, with all good opportunities receiving high priority, regardless of... Continue

HOW BIG A ROLE DOES MEDIA PLAY IN ENCOURAGING COPYCAT MASS SHOOTINGS? Police officers and media outlets are belatedly but “increasingly choosing to downplay the identities of perpetrators to avoid potentially inspiring others to carry out similar atrocities… since publishing... Continue