Here is an extremely well written article on workplace environments:
http://hr-mpact.com/Documents/positive-environment.pdf
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Nothing is Forever
I have been on a blogging hiatus but am ready to get moving once again! Recently, professional athletes have not been doing a great job of being role models with several criminal cases pending and some downright odd behavior patterns. Perhaps, some of these cases simply deal with the fact that there are a few rotten apples in every bushel. Just as troubling is their disregard for the people who support them who are struggling to stay afloat in this sluggish economy. Athletes appear to believe they are entitled to grossly inflated salaries no matter what.
This year's NFL draft had several interesting sidebars. One that stood out involved Johnny Manziel's (aka: Johnny Football) reaction when he was finally taken as the 22nd pick in a draft where many had rated him in the top 4 or 5 selections just a few days before. As he approached the podium at Radio City Music Hall, he rubbed his fingers together signifying he realized how wealthy he was about to become. Considering how far his market value had dropped, and how many people watching the broadcast are struggling to stay afloat financially, this was a very greedy display of his sense of entitlement.
Stephen Drew is a successful shortstop, not the greatest one to ever play the game, but pretty decent. Rather than re-sign with the Boston RedSox this season, he tested the waters as a free agent. No one came to terms with him. Until yesterday, he was out of baseball. Boston rehired him yesterday and his gross earnings will end up being about $14Mil less than last year based on playing a truncated season. Here is a case where holding out for what he felt he was entitled to backfired.
Over the past two years, I have coached several individuals who were unemployed. Many of them were offered new opportunities at significant drops in pay from what they were used to earning. My advice was that some level of earnings plus an actual job to freshen up one's resume were worth accepting. I did a quick check on some of those folks this week and they are still not working.
The simple message is that no one owes any of us anything. If your bank accounts are running empty, your 401K is trickling down the drain,and no other serious job is headed in your direction at present, how can you turn a job down? Nothing is forever in this world and it is much easier to trade up from a job than to be on the street with nothing happening.
This year's NFL draft had several interesting sidebars. One that stood out involved Johnny Manziel's (aka: Johnny Football) reaction when he was finally taken as the 22nd pick in a draft where many had rated him in the top 4 or 5 selections just a few days before. As he approached the podium at Radio City Music Hall, he rubbed his fingers together signifying he realized how wealthy he was about to become. Considering how far his market value had dropped, and how many people watching the broadcast are struggling to stay afloat financially, this was a very greedy display of his sense of entitlement.
Stephen Drew is a successful shortstop, not the greatest one to ever play the game, but pretty decent. Rather than re-sign with the Boston RedSox this season, he tested the waters as a free agent. No one came to terms with him. Until yesterday, he was out of baseball. Boston rehired him yesterday and his gross earnings will end up being about $14Mil less than last year based on playing a truncated season. Here is a case where holding out for what he felt he was entitled to backfired.
Over the past two years, I have coached several individuals who were unemployed. Many of them were offered new opportunities at significant drops in pay from what they were used to earning. My advice was that some level of earnings plus an actual job to freshen up one's resume were worth accepting. I did a quick check on some of those folks this week and they are still not working.
The simple message is that no one owes any of us anything. If your bank accounts are running empty, your 401K is trickling down the drain,and no other serious job is headed in your direction at present, how can you turn a job down? Nothing is forever in this world and it is much easier to trade up from a job than to be on the street with nothing happening.
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