If you’re like me, you probably sit too much. Well, I do try and move as much as I can, but there are times, particularly in training sessions, when I can’t jump up and down and run around.
So do we have alternatives? According to Nilofer Merchant (link to TED.com), we should change our one-to-one meetings into ‘walking meetings’. I do like the idea of letting our ideas flow while we’re walking and talking. What about joining me?
Translating the German word “Rechtsanwalt” can be a bit tricky. According to the Macmillan Dictionary, “lawyer” is the word used for a trained legal adviser (in the UK and in the US). I find their explanation quite helpful:
“In the UK, a lawyer who usually works in an office but may also work in some courts of law is called a solicitor.
Lawyers who do most of their work representing people in court trials are called barristers in England and Wales, and advocates in Scotland.
In both the UK and the US, counsel is the formal legal word for a lawyer who is representing people in court, and in a US court you might call them counselor.
A lawyer in the US is also sometimes referred to as an attorney, especially in formal speech or official letters.”
You probably know what yearly performance reviews are. (If you want to learn how to conduct them, take a look here.) What do you think? Are they helpful?
Geoffrey James claims that they don’t really improve anything and recommends Adobe’s approach. Instead of annual performance reviews, Adobe’s employees and their managers have regular, informal “check-ins”. It’s an interesting concept we might be hearing more of, and one which appears to work!
You might remember that we spoke about this topic some time ago (in June last year to be exact!).
In Germany, when someone says, “Danke”, people normally reply, “Bitte”.
But what do you do in English? You don’t have to say anything. However, if you feel you must, try some of these phrases:
It was my pleasure.
I’m here to help!
Of course!
Enjoy!
Nice to know I helped you.
“If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do.” Anonymous
