Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Dealing-With-Power-and-Control-Junkies.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Dealing-With-Power-and-Control-Junkies.html Are you dealing with power junkies? Control junkies? Emotional and humanity deficient junkies? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Change-is-Personal.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Change-is-Personal.html When organizations say "It's not personal" when it comes to doing mass re-organizations, they don't get it when the staff pushes back and says "Better believe it's personal!" It's all about people. No ifs ands or buts. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/People-Dont-Realize-How-Amazing-They-Are.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/People-Dont-Realize-How-Amazing-They-Are.html People have capacity to invent their lives and create opportunities each and every day of their lives however as they see the world not as it is, but from their place within it, it often stops them from building on their greatness. Time to define how you want to see yourself and make it happen. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Listening-to-Hear-What-I-Dont-Yet-Know.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Listening-to-Hear-What-I-Dont-Yet-Know.html Many of you are writing me to say you want to invent what your future will look like 'cause you're tired of falling into life as it unfolds all on its own. How are you going to do that? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Taking-Stock-of-Whats-Happening.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Taking-Stock-of-Whats-Happening.html There's a lot going on these days. People are stressed, no two ways about it. I'm observing a 'tired' group of executives whose staff are looking to them to 'fix' things. Well, no one has a magic wand, or... does everyone have a magic wand? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Is-There-a-Cost-to-Increased-Productivity.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Is-There-a-Cost-to-Increased-Productivity.html It's been proven again and again in staff surveys and research that it's people and they're happiness quotient in the workplace that makes all the difference in their effectiveness. Yet, when it comes to measuring productivity, many organizations don't pay any attention to staff satisfaction and the happiness quotient when they measure and implement changes regarding productivity. Is there a cost to increased productivity? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Should-Leaders-Have-Friends-at-Work.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Should-Leaders-Have-Friends-at-Work.html Relationships are essential, the core of the commercial world yet it's not uncommon for executives to avoid 'friendships' with co-workers. They often fear that having personal relationships in the workplace might compromise their ability to make tough decisions. So should Leaders have friends at work?" http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Adjusting-Your-World.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Adjusting-Your-World.html Is work-life balance something you think about on a regular basis? Is balance possible? Does it really exist? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/All-ATwitter-About-Uh-What-Exactly.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/All-ATwitter-About-Uh-What-Exactly.html Are we all a-Twitter about nothing? Like anything else social networking can become addictive. We all know people who spend an inordinate amount of time updating, posting, adding comments, telling the world they're going to the grocery store. Why would I want to know that, pray tell? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Dishonest-Deadlines.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2425/Dishonest-Deadlines.html People never have time to do things right but they always seem to have time to do them over. Is it by choice? No! They want to be able to do great work but unreasonable demands result in making promises staff just can't keep. So what do you do?