Valerie At Large

10 Ways To Own Your Workspace: Keep a daily calendar with the joke of the day.
Put a plant (I like fake ones for maintenance purposes), photos, and Mr. Potato Heads and other paraphernalia that makes you happy (in my case, Garfield, a Dr. House ball, a Slinky and a foam brain) in a contained area so you can enjoy them, but your space still looks clean and professional.
Come to work today knowing that it is going to be your best day yet, and that you are going to celebrate it all day long by giving it your all.

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Up until our big move, I used to share the floor with my teams, so there was plenty of chatting, shouting and brainstorming going on. It was pretty fun. Now, I’m just some lonely fake blond with newly appointed glasses supervising from afar and who’s lacking motivation to do anything.

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I think everybody should follow this perfect example while vacationing. It’s bullet proof: Read trade pubs ’til the cows come home When you can’t take it anymore, crash on a beach Return to reading more trade pubs, pubs, magazines, e-zines and other brain-clogging stuff Upon returning home, be sure to have the following necessities with [...]

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I am sipping my usual cup of Harvard Business Journal, and there’s an article about soft management. To some extent can relate to that. I have an open door policy. I expect people to tell me what I’m doing wrong (often times unfortunately they don’t), and I’m really good at pointing what people are doing [...]

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