Think of your workforce as customers

Think of your workforce as customers

It's interesting to see what people in a workplace come up with when given a glass of wine and the opportunity to speak freely and it amazes me just how different people are. I am a member of The Hub coworking space and at the Town Hall meeting yesterday in Melbourne there were fifty odd small to medium size business owners. Each person acts as a small corporation, and the word 'odd' would pretty much sum us up. Odd in an interesting way, as opposed to strange, as we are an inspired and creative bunch.

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Live to work or work to live?

Live to work or work to live?

Taking a break fits in with my ongoing efforts to get this worklife balance equation going. Fritz (2013) talks about how doing something which involves mastery and learning results in better recovery. So does thinking positive, not negative thoughts about work or better yet, disengaging the mind from work. It makes sense that people who love their work, and who get better and better at doing it find it easier going, not harder...

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