Checking emails, sending text messages and making telephone calls throughout the day make us more efficient at work and home — but without boundaries these activities make us less effective leaders and parents.
As iPhones and Blackberries become the norm, it’s become increasingly tempting — and accepted — for individuals to check email, send text, visit social networks or toggle between applications during meetings at work and during personal interactions at home. According to a recent poll by Harris Interactive, 55 percent of people agree that it’s ok to stay connected for business — even if it involves taking a laptop on a holiday or answering a cell phone during a meal.
However, knowing when to put your cell phone or laptop away isn’t just about manners. It’s about becoming a more effective leader or parent by being fully engaged in face-to-face interactions and building a healthy culture. This was highlighted for me this week, during Pathways to Leadership training. The program provides a roadmap to motivate, lead, engage and support your team at work. The tools offered in the program (created by Craig Ross and Steven Vannoy, author of 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children and Stomp the Elephant in the office) apply both at home and in the workplace.
Two guiding principles can often govern employee use of Social Media at work: business use and common sense. These principles are understood by employees and remain a valuable tools for virtually any employer.
This ‘out of the world’ edition of Ten Top Tweets explores human reaction to NASA’s recent plan to locate water on the moon by firing a missile at the moon and then having a probe fly through the debris field.
One of the biggest obstacle to marketers in the 21st century? The common penny.
This special edition of Ten Top Tweets explores what people do in real life when Twitter is down on October 8, 2009. Ten Top Tweets is a weekly compilation based on a Twitter Meme — trends, activities or sayings associated with Twitter.