Who plays more at work? I have been thinking about this lately after reading a Norwegian blog where the author is forming a theory that Men play more at work than Women.
Is there a difference in the “fun at work” – level in male dominated environments contra female dominated?
Is there a difference between the sexes of the leader?
Is there any research made in this field? Just asking.

I am browsing my blog today. I have been blogging about leadership and motivation since June 2008. I decided to look back to find the old dusty posts that’s all forgotten. I am walking down memory lane shining light into the darkest places of my blog. Looking back at these old posts is refreshing my memory. I hope you will enjoy this day at the museum as much as I did today. I found five blog posts with a lot of dust on them.
Lift the Spirit
I was for sure experiencing a great time at work in June 2008, I can …

I have been tweaking my blog today to create better content for you. I have recently just started another blog about blogging. So I am implementing some of my own teaching right here at Never Mind the Manager.
The bounce project
At Hostbeetle.com I am running a bounce project. This is a project to reduce the amount of visitors that just drop by, take a quick look and disappear again. You can read more about it here.

The minor update today:
Re-arranged some text, added some text, added headers and hopefully my article about micromanagement had its makeover.
I need to ask you a favor
I …

I just got a question about how to ignite the spark in a salesperson from a friend. He has just become a store manager, selling clothes. He says that his team is loyal, but lack fighting for sales. He wonders how to handle this situation and get the employees to see the importance of selling. I sat down to write him an answer this evening, but hey, there are a lot of good brains out there in the World Wide Web, so why not ask? How can we help him boost sales in his clothing department?
I believe that it …

Work philosophy kind of got my way today. Is it possible to teach a team to work hard together without a leader or manager? The team is responsible for reaching the goals. The team is responsible for filing the reports. The team is responsible for training and getting the job done? Or will a team crumble without supervision? How will no manager impact results and productivity? Will they all slack? Does the team need incentives, or should intrinsic motivation be enough? I would love if I was redundant at work, and if I for some reason disappear, I would know …

I am browsing new terrain today, I like to do that sometimes. Today I asked about motivational blogs on twitter, and got some response, I got a tip from Randi Buckley to check out Marion Chapsal’s blog, and this is where I found this great video. It is ten minutes long, but worth watching. Enjoy!
Keep reading below the video for more findings…

Marion’s blog, where I found this video is targeting female readers. According to statistics, my blog attracts above average of female readers compared to similar blogs. So to my female readers check out: http://geronimo.typepad.fr/ – It looks good at …