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What Work Is

June 5, 2012 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I’m not afraid of poetry, but I don’t read it as often as I should. Somebody mentioned What Work Is, a poemby Philip Levine on the radio today. I read it, then heard him read it, then wanted to share it with you for what it has to say about the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Proud of Your Work, Daily Preparation Tagged With: Great Depression, Great Recession, job change, job loss, Philip Levine

Different Marching Orders for Work That Makes a Difference

May 23, 2012 By David Griesing 2 Comments

What we value is as different as we are. Our basic goals and commitments—indeed the fundamental ways in which we view the world—are as different as our individual life experiences. So it should come as no surprise that in seeking work that has … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: Barack Obama, conscience-in-action, Mitt Romney, purpose- driven work and life, self-definition, value-centered, vocation

Just Plain Funny #1

May 15, 2012 By David Griesing 1 Comment

This is the first in an occasional series of stories that bring a smile to my face (even in the re-telling), and may do the same for you. As many of you already know, I’m in the throws of my daughter’s-graduation-from-college-week in New York … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Using Humor Effectively Tagged With: Barack Obama, humor, leadership, women leaders

Base of Operations

May 11, 2012 By David Griesing 2 Comments

Thinking differently about your work means thinking about different kinds of work. We all know what we’ll to be doing today. But where are the people passing us on the street going to work, and what will they be doing when they get there? … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Daily Preparation Tagged With: alive, base of operations, change yourself, foundation, make a difference, potent, rootless, thinking differently about your work. transformation

Open the Door

April 30, 2012 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Discovery results—as often as not—from our ability to combine the familiar with the unexpected into a new way of doing things. It’s as true about the challenges we face at work, as it is about figuring out what kind of work we should be doing in the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Daily Preparation Tagged With: change yourself, innovation, insight, productive work, social benefits, Thinking differently about your work

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