Leadership Articles by Don Blohowiak

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More Wives Earn More Journal   02 March 2003--One in three wives now out earns her husband who, in turn, does more of the household chores, according to a new study cited in Business Week magazine. The more economic power the wife has, the more men help out at home. The study found that 51% of men with breadwinner wives ar... Full Text

Brewing Labor Crisis Journal   12 February 2003--A warning from Ira Wolfe, one of the USA's leading workforce experts: Between 2010 and the mid-2020s, 12,480 U.S. baby boomers will leave the workforce--every day. Fifty-one percent of the workforce will be over 70 in 30 years and the number of employees under age 40 is insuffic... Full Text

Be Careful What You Pay For Journal   Incentive pay can be effective in encouraging employees to engage in certain behaviors to produce desirable results. But without adequate guidelines and supervision to assure quality and limit potential abuses, incentive pay can encourage counterproductive behavior—and undesirable results. Full Text

Slow Economy Masks Employee Commitment Journal   30 January 2003---From Roger E. Herman, lead author of Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People: Recent studies show that 30-40% of employees are already prepared to leave their current employer for new opportunities. They’re just waiting for the economy to pick up, and most of their bosses ... Full Text

On Attitude Journal   From a Hallmark greeting card (likely my all-time favorite): Always Remember This: A positive attitude may not solve all your problems... ...but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Post-chuckle thoughts: 1) You do choose your attitude.2) Your attitude affects your actions ... Full Text

Two Roots to All Successes and Failures in Organizations Journal   A case study reported by the New York Times provides two important lessons: Managerial failures usually start deep within an individual's mind and are aided broadly by organizational policies. Full Text

Take Heed: Life Intrudes! Journal   "Back-ups. Contingency plans. Insurance. Safety nets. Catastrophe plans. All seem to be so much trouble, so much of an investment of time and resources. So little return," John Blumberg points out. But, he says, when a disaster does strike, "you will have a first-hand experience in an instantaneou... Full Text

Empowering Truth Journal   9 January 2003---Today's thought: If you do not trust your associates, you cannot empower them. Full Text

Time Magazine Names Whistle-blowers Persons of the Year for 2002 Journal   03 January 2003---The year just past slides into the annals of history soiled by headline-grabbing ethics scandals spurred by exceptionally few but notoriously self-serving executives. Some honest individuals observed their associates' impropriety first-hand and thus faced the gut-w... Full Text

Conviction Over Cash Journal   02 January, 2003--- Maj. Cleo Damon, head of the Salvation Army office in Naples, Florida, returned a check for $100,000 USD from a 71 year old benefactor. Damon said that the charitable organization would not take David L. Rush's money because the source of the funds was the Florida stat... Full Text

Predictions for the Workplace in 2003 Journal   01 January, 2003 -- What lies ahead for the workplace in the coming year? Our favorite business futurists at the Herman Group have ventured out on a limb to make 10 forecasts. Given the uncertain nature of today's global economic forces, "This year's forecasts are necessarily tentative," caution s... Full Text

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