Alexander Kjerulf at The Chief Happiness Officer blog has published his Happy At Work manifesto at ChangeThis.com. It’s not that long, but it has some powerful reminders in it.
His philosophy is the same as mine here at WorkPlay - we decide if we are happy. We choose this every single day. The choice does not [...]

Boomerang, Cartoon Network’s retro channel for old cartoons, decided to connect St. Patrick’s Day with Gazoo, the snarky, little green alien on The Flintstones. In one episode, Fred gets tired of being kicked around by his boss and asks Gazoo for help. Gazoo’s suggestion? Why don’t you try to be boss for a day. Great [...]

In the Bailey home, Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day has established itself as an annual tradition. For at least three or four months, Leah (age eight) has been asking me when our “Daddy/Daughter Work Day” is this year and if we’ll be able to do it again. The answer, of course, is, [...]

Even though I’m technically out of the non-profit association world, I still like to check in frequently with friends and other folks who keep this vital area of our working world moving. Over at the association for association professionals (ASAE) they have a blog called Acronym. To work in associations is to understand why this [...]

For some good Tuesday humor that might conjure up images of Office Space, John West offers five ways to kill your career.

Ignore deadlines
Turn in sloppy work
Make sure everyone knows you’re right
Obfuscate your communication
Always focus on #1

As John points out, it takes dedication and savvy to do this right. Constantly ignoring deadlines or consistently making poor [...]