Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 03/09/2020
The Wall Street Journal, for my money the best written newspaper in the world, published a piece over the weekend about the need to keep employees happy, even to the extent of violating their privacy to make sure they're happy!
Momentum
"Momentum" is a fascinating dynamic. Joe Biden's "resurrection" in the Democratic Primary race began when a single, powerful politician in South Carolina strongly and publicly backed him. By Super Tuesday, a couple of days later, he was the front runner,
Why Can’t We All Just Be Happy?
The Wall Street Journal actually ran a piece recently on how to judge and improve employee happiness. Some time ago I was asked by a consultant whom I was coaching how to handle a dilemma. He was hired by a law firm
Maybe You Should Have Been an Actuary?
You can't "build" enthusiasm or energy or humor or courtesy. I believe these are intrinsic traits. People motivate themselves, you can't motivate them. You can't even intimidate them, people choose to be intimidated. (That's why standing up to a bully
Is It Safe to Talk to You on Zoom? Are You Sanitized?
It's more than ironic to me that my most recent book, at the beginning of this year, is Fearless Leadership, and we're in the midst of near-panic over a disease that will be less devastating than the normal flu season. The
The Real Virus
I don't think there's a great deal of value in trying to help scared clients "get through" the coronavirus scare, which is causing more economic havoc than it is health problems. I think the value is in helping bold clients
Episode 125: Cobwebs in the Constitution
How a legislature full of multi-term attorneys is killing us and why we should send them out to harvest crops. Let's face it, there are several things related to this topic that need to be reviewed and updated.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 03/04/20
Today's word: mollescent.
Close the Vault
Why does the reaction to the coronavirus remind me of a run on a bank? Over 60,000 people die annually in the US alone from the flu. Why aren't we as concerned about that?