Author Archives: gurustu2020

After an arduous couple of years, building one of the largest commercial websites in my career, I wanted to show my appreciation to my entire team. As I passed out gift cards for coffee, a few of my employees seemed perplexed. “Why are you giving us these?” one asked, “We didn’t work on the project.”Continue reading “We couldn’t do it without you”

My friend, who used to report to me, came out to lunch with my boss, who was once both our boss at another company. After a bit of catching up, and small talk, my boss turned to my friend and asked, “So who was the best boss you ever had?” Without hesitation, my friend pointedContinue reading “Boss’s Day Out”

Even though it was my birthday lunch, I was feeling rather down. Recently, my team had been broken into splinters and I was moping about losing these great people who sat beside me. Finally, one spoke up… “We’re still on your team. We just report to other people.” 😢

I was just walking down the street during my lunch break, when a car swerved into a driveway right in front of me. I didn’t have enough time to be startled, as the window rolled down and a friendly face beamed inside. “Hey!” I shouted, “How’s it going?” “Great,” my friend replied. “What brings youContinue reading “I just wanted you to know”