The title should say “with whom one works.”

But “who you work with” is how people actually talk. And I want this article to be easy and useful to read.

At ghSMART, we use a lot of data in our consulting work. And to discover valuable insights for our books, we analyze large datasets of successful and unsuccessful careers. These datasets take decades of work, and tens of millions of dollars, to collect and analyze.

So what I’m about to do is a departure from our normal way of giving advice. It is somewhat of a guilty pleasure to not have the data, nor the answer.

But we have an extremely interesting question for you to ponder, as you think about your own job happiness. [Continue »]

I looked at the executive’s desk and noticed something weird. A small framed picture sat alone on her desk with a sign in it that said “Eat Lunch.” “Why do you have a sign that says ‘Eat Lunch’?” I asked. “Because I never eat lunch,” she replied. “Why not?” I asked. “Too busy. My job is all-consuming. If I am ever able to eat lunch, I’ll know that I got my life back. In the meantime, I just eat one of these snack bars between meetings,” she said as she showed me a pathetic half-eaten tan bar in a wrapper. She shrugged with a gesture that said, “What else am I supposed to do?” [Continue »]