by Mark Edge | Aug 27, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The Office Season 2: Episode 10 “Booze Cruise” Lesson: Collaboration encourages success. Today, instead of focusing on this “Office” episode, I want to focus on a podcast related to it. The “Office Ladies” podcast (Earwolf) is a podcast in which Jenna Fischer (Pam)...
by Mark Edge | Aug 26, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The Office Season 2: Episode 10 “The Christmas Party” Lesson: Leaders who gain at the expense of their people lose their trust. There is a crucial moment in this “Office” episode when Michael Scott reveals to the Dunder-Mifflin employees at their Christmas party that...
by Mark Edge | Aug 25, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The Office Season 2: Episode 9 “Email Surveillance” Lesson: Love your people, even if they don’t want to socialize with you. The goal of any effective leader of an organization should be to treat his or her people in an unconditionally loving way. While they may...
by Mark Edge | Aug 24, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The Office Season 2: Episode 8 “Performance Review” Lesson: Regular job reviews can improve teamwork and unity. Who likes a review of their job performance? Well, as it turns out, pretty much anyone who works. But more on that in just a moment. First, in The Office’s...
by Mark Edge | Aug 20, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The Office Season 2: Episode 7 “The Client” Office Lesson: You never know who can sell. Who’s into selling? Selling is one of the things that people typically find most challenging. I am one who believes there is a giftedness and a talent that makes selling easier for...
