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 still remember the day I wrote this blog post, I was so happy that the mood was so good. It was summer, it was fun.
http://www.nevermindthemanager.com/2008/06/lift-the-spirit/

The True Motivation

I love this blog post about motivation, I have referred to these homemade graphics many times, and I use them all the time at work. You will find a good way to add value at work by following these instructions.
http://www.nevermindthemanager.com/2008/06/the-true-motivation/

Vision By Memo

This blog is about receiving the vision statements from the CEO by memo. A vision for the company should start at the floor and move up the ranks. Unfortunately most companies round up their leaders and send them to Vision Boot Camp to find directions, not asking the locals about direction to the cabin. The locals equal the people on the floor.
http://www.nevermindthemanager.com/2008/07/vision-by-memo/

I Offer You 22.000 dollars…

Ok, I was probably in a bad mood when writing this criticism of my local grocery store. I am very focused on customer care and this bite when I am the customer. Read this about the consequences of bad customer support.
http://www.nevermindthemanager.com/2008/07/i-offer-you-22000-dollars-in-value-if-you-open-the-door-for-me/

Do You Know the Cost of Employee Turnover

In August 2008 I wrote about employee Turnover Costs. This is a topic that is still very close to my heart. It is expensive to have a high turnover among employees. There is also a link here to turnover calculators.
http://www.nevermindthemanager.com/2008/08/do-you-know-the-cost-of-employee-turnover/

I will stop at five blog posts for now. The dust is making me sneeze. It is easy to see that my blog have had progress over the past few years as the headliner now have more readers in a few days than these all have together. I hope you will have fun reading, and I think you are awesome! Remember to subscribe to my blog

© 2010 Frode Heimen - A picture I took with my new Canon EOS 1000D

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 have been aware of my language from day one. I am Norwegian and I know that my English is good, but not perfect. I might have some misspellings or the wrong use of words. If you are a frequent reader of my blog, please do comment on blog posts if you have suggestions to improvements in the language, either spelling or grammar. I get comments once in a while from people that announce that they like my blog and with proper language it would be GREAT! – I want the readability to be perfect so you can enjoy my blog, as well as my next reader. So I would so much appreciate if you do correct my language. Just comment, I will correct and delete the comment. No hard feelings just a digital hug your way. It will mean a lot to me!

Thank you so much.

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 is important to talk to each of them one to one. Teach them the importance of creating a great store. If they do want to work for the best store in town, they can, not by quitting their job, but to make it happen right where they are. Have fun at work, let there be room for the employees to try out their own ideas.

What do I like when I am shopping clothes?
I like that a person is smiling, I might be a sucker for compliments, but honesty is very important (since I am colorblind). If someone tells me that this jacket looks bad on me, and provides an alternative, sold. I like smart salespeople that talk me into buying two jackets and two sweaters, and convincing me that I have four in one, just change jacket and sweaters around and you will have four combinations that all match.

Spend a lot of time with your people, get to know them, and get them to know you. You will never be better than the people you lead. And smile, smile, smile and have fun. Treat your customers like you treat your best friends.

This is what I got for now, I am sure that Clement, will appreciate input on how to boost sales in his clothing store. Please do provide comments and we might all be helping out, after all, this is one of the great benefits with social media, blogging and the Internet.