What I have learned about people and organizations...so far.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Won’t you join me in demonstrating virtue?

So here is a recommended set of virtues that I believe ought to govern our behavior in the marketplace and every place:
  1. Patience
  2. Kindness
  3. Celebration
  4. Moderation
  5. Manners
  6. Give, Give, Give
  7. Peace
  8. Let go
  9. Truth
  10. Perseverance
  11. Positivity
  12. Hopeful
  13. Consistent

Let’s make our sliver of creation a little better for those we interact with.  Won’t you join me in demonstrating virtue?  Be a force for good in the marketplace and every place so we make the world a better place?

Thursday, December 8, 2011

# 13 Consistent

Consistent
Are you known as someone who is consistent?  Do you hang-in-there and endure with associates who are going through hardship?  Are you a friend in both the good and the bad times?  Do people know they can count on you?

Like me, I suspect you deeply value people who demonstrate consistency.  Let’s be a known quantity with others and someone they can count on.  This will have a profound impact on our productivity and our relationships.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

# 12 Hopeful

Hopeful
Hopeful is positivity’s next door neighbor.  Hopeful says:
  • It is going to be a good day. 
  • Things are going to go well at today’s board meeting.
  • I will have the wisdom to know how to act if something goes wrong.
  • That what may break can be fixed.
  • Even though I didn’t sleep well I will have the energy I need for the day.
Hope looks forward to a good outcome, hopefully.