You want to help others improve their performance in a way that really sticks over the long term? Create a safe environment in which people receive lots of positive reinforcement for the desired behaviors, little reinforcement of the negative kind, and feel valued for who they are and what they do.
At some point in the past, we were all beginners trying to figure out the basics.
The default working arrangements of today have crept up on us over many decades and are the result of a certain philosophy of business management.
Whether it be a debate or an argument, or a company, how you look at the world can’t help but shape how you feel, act and behave.
At what point in your life will you peak? When you’re at the top of your athletic capabilities or physical attractiveness? When you’re in your best earning years? When you hold the most power and influence?
Here’s an interesting question for you: Should you run your team at work as a high-performance athletic program, or as a community sport club? Stop. Don’t answer just yet. I know, I know: You’re a high-performance type of person.
Ever since I was a teenager, the dojo has been a second home to me. It’s where I do most of my socializing outside of the office. It’s where I clear my mind of whatever may be weighing on me and it’s where I go to exercise and stay fit.
I had lunch, a little while ago, with a friend who had recently vacationed in Japan for a few weeks. As we were waiting for our food to arrive, the sushi chef working close by behind his counter, my friend told me the story of a successful Japanese restaurant owner who had been asked if he had any plans to expand his restaurant—to get a larger space and add more tables.
The very first thing you are taught when you start practicing judo is how to fall. A breakfall – or ukemi – is a technique used to fall safely, without injuring yourself.
I don’t know how much time you spend thinking about succession planning but I think about it a lot. In just a few days, as it does every September, our judo club will be welcoming
