Sunday, October 21, 2012

Recharging batteries

A football game lasts 90 minutes. That's a lot of time to be running up and down the field in continuous motion. Even with the half-time breaks, superstars rarely play the whole game. They can't if they're going to remain effective.

Resting our players at work makes equally good sense. If someone's coming off a tough, time-consuming and energy-sapping project, I now try to let her recharge her batteries, especially if she'd been going flat out for a while. I'm going to help someone recover by resisting the temptation to dump another tough project in her lap immediately.

To this end, I've scheduled a play afternoon with the intention to help people relax, rejuvenate and recover.

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