Sunday, August 21, 2011

Love or Money?

Among 2,000 survey respondents in the United Kingdom most express that money is currently the impetus for changing jobs rather than satisfaction at work. Might this be because of the recession or other factors? What motivates you most at work?

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Natural Managers

When returning home from the Academy of Management conference in San Antonio, on the plane I sat next to a woman who moved to the Syracuse area about ten years ago from India. She made the comment, "Americans are natural managers." She said that everything we do from childhood to adulthood--school assignments, parties, weddings, jobs--are projects to be managed.

What do you think? Is your life-project based? And do you think that Americans are "natural managers"?