by Misti Burmeister | Apr 13, 2010 | Leadership |
Q: The South Korean government has a problem: Employees are working too much. The average government worker there takes only six of 23 alloted vacation days a year. How important is time off? Does productivity suffer or rise when workers forego time off? Should those...
by Misti Burmeister | Apr 8, 2010 | Leadership |
Curiosity didn’t kill the cat; boredom did. And that’s an important lesson for those of us who wonder about the new and exciting opportunities that await us but, fearing the “worst that could happen,” never take the plunge. I met Roman, an...
by Misti Burmeister | Apr 8, 2010 | Leadership |
Q: Will Pope Benedict be so damaged by the clergy abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church in Europe that his papacy never recovers? Or does the crisis offer him an opportunity to distinguish his leadership from John Paul II`s wildly successful years as Pope? The...