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Back to the Cottage is the story of John Sipple's odyssey from the ‘Cottage’ to the corporation, and how he has relied on the values and principles he has learned in the ‘Cottage’ business of his youth.
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The top jobs of 2015 don't exist today. Dan Wooldridge provides advice on preparing for tomorrow's job market.
In this chapter of Back To The Cottage, John Sipple gathers his newly formed teams together to redesign and reimplement the foundational principles and organization of the entire Foley plant. Along the way they give Foley employees a stronger sense of ownership of their work, and change the leadership model from a "straw boss" style to a coaching model. They also rework the way skills are developed with the organization.
Back to the Cottage is the story of John Sipple's odyssey from the ‘Cottage’ to the corporation, and how he has relied on the values and principles he has learned in the ‘Cottage’ business of his youth.
Nadira Hira is the author of The Gig - a blog on Fortune's website that discusses issues relevant to Gen Y. The Gig offers advice to young workers as well as insight into young colleagues.
After his time at the Charmin Paper Products plant in Germany, John Sipple’s leadership team at Proctor & Gamble offered him a less glamorous task: turning around a run-down pulp mill in the Florida swamplands.
Dan Wooldridge explains the origin of the modern concept of jobs and the current trend toward dejobbing.
It's a project-based world.
Dan Wooldridge sees a lesson in William Wilberforce that counters the error that "ministry" is the realm of "spiritual" work. Wilberforce led a legendary career in politics.
Bernard Moon examines the dualism that enabled people to compartmentalize life, easing into the role of "Sunday believers" who honor the "natural" separation between church and the rest of the week. Is this why some "Christian" businesspeople can be the most unscrupulous professionals you've met...because they can subdivide their conscience employing a "this is business" rationale?
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In a time of business instability, serious thinking about why we work, where we work and with whom we work takes on pressing significance. Richard Florida's research and writing helps us do that in titles like The Rise of the Creative Class, The Flight of the Creative Class and Who's You City? At a time when you may want or even need to relocate, we think you'll find this essay thought-provoking and useful.
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Work, for most of us, determines a great part of our opportunity for significance and the amount of good we are able to produce in a lifetime. Besides, work takes up so many of our waking hours that our jobs come to define us and give us our identities. We become what we do. [...]
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In 2005 about 10.3 million American workers (7.4 percent) were independent contractors — freelancers — up from 6.4 percent in 2001. Jenn O'Brien explores what makes freelancing a win/win in the marketplace.
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Black Swan moments happen to each of us at various points throughout our lives and careers. There will be few, but very significant opportunities when you least expect it and suddenly all of your future seems to hang in the balance. How will you respond? What will you do?
Be careful to not take undue credit for work that was accomplished by others. Understand that you may have less to do with the success of an organization than you think.
Each of us faces significant moments that, depending how we react, determine our lives and careers for many years to come. These are the defining moments of our lives. Everything that is going on during the in-between times—however difficult, boring or tedious—could actually be very important in the long run. So...how do you prepare?
Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 1)
You Start Writing And The Next Thing You Know 20 Years Have Passed
We're on a contemplative tear at InsideWork, remembering to remember what God has been up to in our lives these years (and days, and minutes, and moments). Bradley J. Moore chimes in on the subject journaling as a spiritual practice—however haphazard and self-indulgent it may appear...
What is a worker's responsibility to provide for his family? Is church work a higher calling than, say, education or finance or plumbing? Geoff Finch wrestles with these questions and a whole lot more.
Once a frustrated corporate minion, Andrea Emerson writes about the unconventional principles that thrust her into a fulfilling career (and straight up the chain of command) at espressoshots.com 
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Wal-Mart's CEO says he doesn't have the margin to bring workers into the middle class. What do the numbers suggest?
A KPMG UK survey finds that more college students are interested in being developed as workers than having a secure job or being well paid. Is your business prepared to respond to young workers who want to be developed for the long term?
You may not want to pursue the retail industry as a career path if you have any desire to become part of what society in this country calls the Middle Class
In the first installment of a three-part InsideWork series, Glenn McMahan writes about the connections between international soccer and business. Glenn interviewed Moraci Sant’Anna, the innovative physical trainer for four of Brazil’s World Cup soccer teams, including the winning team of 1994.
If you’re in a job transition—whatever the reason—before polishing and upload your resume, take a deep breath and consider these ten principles on career change from the leadership strategist and executive coach Stephen G. Payne.
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