Do you work at a place where management is always running around trying to put out the latest fire? Does your workplace need to work on fire prevention? Do you have managers that spend all their time being reactive and not enough being proactive? You know, doing the little things that make things run a… Continue reading Proactive vs. Reactive: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
The Process of the Spiral Down Conic Training Method
It is like a bad pyramid scheme. You sell to two people and they sell to two people and so on and so on, all benefiting the person at the top the most, usually. The first job a new supervisor gets here at Big Brown is as a trainer of new hires. Sooner or later,… Continue reading The Process of the Spiral Down Conic Training Method
How to Become Employee of the Month
At Big Brown in the building I work at they give out an Employee of the Month award. I call it the New Hire of the Month award because it is usually given out to the newest employee in any given work area once they have actually been there a month or two. It is… Continue reading How to Become Employee of the Month
You’ve Just Crossed Over Into the Brown Zone
Do you ever feel that you work in the Twilight Zone? It is a place where nothing meets with your concept of reality? Is it a work environment full of bizarre happenings, strange occurrences and unbelievable stupidity? The type of workplace where roughly the same thing happens each and every night but the management team… Continue reading You’ve Just Crossed Over Into the Brown Zone