Jeff Suderman

September 30, 2021

How millennials want to work and live

In the classic comedy movie What About Bob, Bill Murray tells his therapist, “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love Neil Diamond and […]
September 23, 2021

Questions to ask during one-on-one’s

Do you have a one-on-one with your team members every month? If not, it’s time to start! One of the most important parts of being a […]
September 16, 2021

Gen Z vs. Gen Y: What’s the Difference?

The past decade has had significant focus on the impact Gen Y is having on our workplaces. Since different generations are raised with different values, it’s […]
July 22, 2014

Weird Al Parodies Business Management with ‘Mission Statement’ – Will You Laugh or Cry?

Weird Al Yankovich has been providing us with musical parodies for over three decades. His most recent release, Mission Statement, pokes fun at the jargon we use […]
July 18, 2014

Whose Call is This?: Creating Decision Making Clarity

Does your team understand who has the responsibility to make a decision? A key source of office conflict is related to lack of clarity in decision […]
July 14, 2014

Open Source Life

In June 2014 the CEO of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, made a surprising announcement, “…in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of […]
July 7, 2014

Rules for Living in the Digital Age (According to Wired Magazine)

In the July issue of Wired magazine, they offered up their “Guide to behavior, manners and style” for those of us who live part of our […]
June 30, 2014

Social Media Genius: Walmart’s corporate response to a scathing article in the NY Times reveals the power of effective social media.

A recent New York Times article harshly criticized Walmart for paying low wages to their employees. David Tovar, the Vice President of Communications at Walmart chose […]
June 24, 2014

Do Your Organizational Values Have Legs?

I love it when organizations have clearly defined values. I love it even more when you see those values exemplified in practice. However, the opposite also […]
May 30, 2014

Calculating Meeting ROI

In an earlier post (Meeting Bane or Benefit?), I noted that having a clear meeting purpose helps limit attendee frustration and conflict. At times, cancelling a meeting may […]
May 27, 2014

Hype Cycles: How Ideas Morph Into Reality

I experienced an ‘aha’ moment when I discovered the Gartner Hype Cycle (see Figure 1). It helps explain what occurs between the hype of a new technology […]
September 25, 2013

Why I Blog

I worked in the education industry for many years before I discovered that my passion was not higher education. Don’t get me wrong, I highly value […]