Recent Articles by Greg Kratz
Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:16 am MDT
We live in a culture that seems to require the worship of busyness. But maybe that isn't a good thing. How can we fill our time with meaning instead of just filling our time?
Published: Monday, May 13, 2013 3:24 pm MDT
In a recent Wall Street Journal blog, a billionaire CEO said his company isn't interested in helping employees find work-life balance. "We work," he said. "You don't come here to take life easy."
Published: Monday, May 6, 2013 4:10 pm MDT
According to a March survey of more than 300 executives, 77 percent said their companies allowed telecommuting across job categories. However, 60 percent said they believed that working from home could limit ca...
Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 3:01 pm MDT
Have you ever complained about a co-worker who, in your opinion, wasn't pulling his weight? Did your complaint lead to positive change? There's value, I think, in learning to "lift together" at work and at home...
Published: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:00 pm MDT
How often have you deflected a work assignment by claiming that you're just too busy to accept it? No one wants to hear how busy someone else is. But that doesn't stop us from wearing our busyness as a badge of...
Published: Monday, April 15, 2013 4:13 pm MDT
A competent person is someone who is qualified, capable and able to handle a particular task. These are all positive qualities that people should be happy to have, and yet the word "competent" is too often seen...
Published: Monday, April 8, 2013 5:12 pm MDT
I recently wrote about a survey that noted an increase in rude behavior in the workplace. But one reader says heightened sensitivity, and not necessarily rudeness, is the problem.
Published: Monday, April 1, 2013 3:01 pm MDT
The best work groups — those that already operate at a high level during the best of times — get even better when one team member is in trouble. It is at these times that people step up and give ext...
Published: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:01 pm MDT
According to recent research, half of the people surveyed in 2011 said they were treated rudely at work at least once a week. This rudeness leads to many office problems, and fighting the epidemic starts with e...
Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:18 pm MDT
About a month after I started my new job, I found myself standing outside of a conference room, waiting to give a presentation to my employer's executive committee. Fortunately, my experiences as a young person...