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Future@Work

An Employee Survival Guide
for the 21st Century

 

Chapters from A to Z

Click on the links below to read selected chapters from Future@Work - An Employee Survival Guide for the 21st Century.

 

Future@Work

Chapters from A to Z

 

Table of Contents

 

First Thoughts

 

A Attitude

Why is managing your attitude part of your job?

 

B Before

Why doing "Befores" precedes the harvest

 

C Customers

Why internal and external customers are important

 

D Do It Now

Why "Do It Now" is the foundation for tomorrow

 

E Education

Why educating others is more than talking

 

F Facts

Why aren't people listening to what you say?

 

G Goals

How goals can help define your future

 

H Habits

Why you inevitably are what you repeatedly do

 

I Improve Continuously

Why "good enough" isn't

 

J Join In

How much of the load are you carrying?

 

K Keep

How consistent note taking can improve your future

 

L Listen

Is listening more important than speaking?

 

M Measure

If you do not measure, you are only guessing

 

N Next

Why some people need to be supervised

 

O Obstacles

Are obstacles and problems the same thing?

 

P Processes

How to manage quality through process improvement

 

Q Quality

Is it a good part or isn't it? Don't guess!

 

R Root Cause

What is a symptom? What is a root cause?

 

S Speak Up

Why speaking up should be part of your job description

 

T Teams

What type of decisions should be assigned to teams?

 

U Undercapitalize

What are you investing in your future?

 

V Values

What are your values? Are you sure?

 

W WIIFM

What's in it for me? -- or - What's in it for us?

 

X X or Cross It Out

How do you eat an elephant?

 

Y You

Is there an "I" in the word "team"?

 

Z Zero Defects

Is 99% good enough?