By Ryan Healy – Vacation days are a benefit. We are allowed 10 or 15 days of vacation per year so we can completely relax and forget about work. I have full intentions of forgetting about my job for the six days I am in California. I might check my e-mail once or twice, and […]
Time magazine just hired me to write a piece about workplace trends among young people. One of the things I wrote about was how much people value the opportunity to volunteer for non-profit organizations through their company. And one of the best examples of this is Salesforce.com. So I called the publicist there and set […]
Just after I redesigned my blog last March, Cory Miller sent an email to me giving me some suggestions on how to tweak the layout to get more traffic. My first instinct was to delete the mail because I had just spent $3000 on a blog design and I didn't want to hear it was […]
Here’s an idea: Instead of thinking of your summer vacation as something that detracts from your work, think of it as a way to boost your work performance — or even your business. The weeklong getaways that run a day or two over, the hour-long siestas that turn into three hours, and the three-day weekends […]
Some of you might know that the thousands of comments that I receive on my Yahoo column are generally abrasive. Here’s an example. Some of the most common things people say to me in the comment section on Yahoo are: 1. Why do you write for Yahoo? You should be fired! 2. You don’t have […]
Is it okay to look for a new job while I’m at my current job? Yes. You have to be able to look for a job while you have a job or it’s indentured servitude. Most people in their twenties change jobs every two years. At any given moment 70% of the workforce is job […]
I went to Tampa this past week. I’ve been traveling a lot to promote my book. The first time I left the kids to promote the book, last month, my five-year-old said, “No! You can’t go! Why do you have to go?” I said, “Because it’s my job. My boss wants me to.” I said […]
At some point in our lives we each have felt surrounded by people who see the world incorrectly. Sometimes it’s the accountant who works for a management team that doesn’t understand numbers. Or it’s the artist who works for a marketing team that doesn’t understand font. Sometimes we feel so certain that we are right […]
By Ryan Healy – I have read that my generation grew up with constant change and amazing new technologies like cell phones and the Internet which caused us to not appreciate patience and experience. I don’t buy that. Surely there are a variety of social and cultural factors influencing impatience, but as far as I’m […]
If you want to know how old you really are, look at the media you use rather than the generation you were born into. Generational labels are important in the discussion of the changing workforce. For example, we need to understand who is pushing for change and who is criticizing change in order to understand […]