Tag: Praise

In Praise of the 15-Minute One-On-One

Every new manager learns this rule: Meet with your direct reports, one-on-one, every week or so. Every new manager also soon encounters this truth: These meetings can often feel meandering or awkward, and are easy to skip when everyone gets busy. Similarly, outside of work, it’s easy to go ...

In Praise of Banksy. He Divides Opinion, But Does Important Work.

Last week the British street artist Banksy visited Ukraine where he created several pieces in the ruins of bombed out buildings in urban locations around the country. A series of murals appeared in the town of Borodianka, which was pummelled by Russian bombs at the beginning of the invasio...

In Praise of Istanbul

Ali’s mother had sent him to grab bread from the local bakery. She called out to him from the kitchen– breakfast was almost ready. Little plates with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, 3 different types of black olives, 2 types of green olives -one pickled and the other stuffed with red peppers...

In Praise of Trainers

I’m talking about shoes, not people, tho lately I’ve run into great coaches online. No, it’s shoes and it’s a change, a style change, that I love. Or, to be precise, my feet love. I started seeing the trend — I’m likely the last one to notice fashion —...