TV chef Adam Richman knows ways to improve your sad desk lunch

TV chef Adam Richman knows ways to improve your sad desk lunchTV chef Adam Richman knows ways to improve your sad desk lunchCelebrity chef Adam Richmanis best-known from shows like Man vs. Food and Food Fighters, in which eating is a contact sport. But the man knows balance.We caught up with Richman as he was promoting the Taste of the Upper West Side event in New York City, which brings together bites from the best restaurants in the neighborhood, which can in turn offer some of the best food in New York. Yes, thats a lot of food. Richman, who travels often, loves the annual foodie event for its tremendous sense of heart, which almost feels like an old-school New York block party. A fan of old-school delis like Barney Greengrass and Zabars, Richman knows how to eat - and how to balance out food while hes working so he stays healthy. We asked him for his best tips on food and success.Ladders Youre around food all the time. How do you eat while at work on a normal day do you stick to a routine or do you switch it up?Adam Richman Variety is the spice of life Im trying to watch my girlish figure, so generally I try to eat healthy. Ive been really trying to avoid refined sugar and white flour carbohydrates so when I indulge, I make it countI do drink loads of water and recently cut out soda completely. I was never a big soda drinker, but I would occasionally indulge in diet soda here and there.I also try to eat really good quality proteins and loads of vegetables and try my hardest leid to eat too late.Whats your best advice to people who bring in those sad desk lunches every day?Sometimes the addition of one condiment or one topping can make the boring turkey sandwich something very special.By way of an example, you can change up the bread toast it or make it into a wrap then add sun-dried tomatoes, avocado or caramelized onions, and maybe even try your hand at making a flavored mayonnaise.Salads are perfect opportunities to experiment. Maybe deconstruct your f avorite sandwich as a salad, or pick a cuisine you really love and try to figure out a way to infuse its flavors into a bag of spring mix from the supermarket.Can you give us an example of what you eat during your workdays?For breakfast, egg white omelet or frittata, an egg baked in avocado, or avocado on sprouted toast. For lunch, salad with five different colors (mesclun, rocket, kale, gem lettuce or grilled romaine and a variety of vegetables) with a high quality protein like grilled sockeye salmon, seared sushi grade tuna or an antibiotic-free chicken breast. For dinner, usually a grilled fish with some really awesome vegetable sides like sauted spinach with coconut oil, roasted tomatoes or broiled asparagus.Youve had success in so many different mediums. How do you handle success as it comes?Thats really very kind of you to say. Gratitude is the attitude. Like one of my heroes Lin Manuel Miranda said, that nothing here is promised, not one day.Over your career, Im aya youve had to deal naysayers who said you were in the wrong industry, or thought you should do something else, even when these words come from a place of love. How did you deal with those people?Its hard, you know? Nobody gives you a roadmap in terms of how to be in the public eye, how to do a show thats never been done before, or how to go from anonymity to a place where people know your name and already have strong opinions (both positive and negative), before they even meet youSometimes Ive dealt with negativity better than others, but at the end of the day I have to remember these people are not going to pay my rent, take care of me when I am sick, or help me with my bills. Thats on me I cant live my life with something as toxic as concern for the opinions of others.What is the best advice you can give to anyone who wants to have longevity prosperity in any sort of career?Be kind to everyone be appreciative remember in the information age, anything you put on the web can come back to ha unt you and above all, work your butt off. Everybody wants success but no one wants to work for it its the hardest working guys and girls that take home the reward. Never stop learning.

Team Management that Leads to Successful Turnarounds

Team Management that Leads to Successful TurnaroundsTeam Management that Leads to Successful TurnaroundsTeam Management that Leads to Successful Turnarounds Frontiera and Daniel Leidl, co-authors of Team Turnarounds (Jossey-Bass)Youve seen it before in sport, whether at the professional or collegiate level, or even in high school or the pee-wee leagues. Weve all seen it somewhere.The kollektiv that welches once the laughingstock, the doormat for the rest of its league, suddenly has a new swagger. No one saw it coming, but theyre unexpectedly winning on a regular basis. In fact, theyre really, really good.While sport provides a unique view into unterstellung transformations, they also happen regularly in business. Our research in how to lead a team has demonstrated that turnaround teams are not simply a flip of a switch.To the contrary, leaders play a huge role in team management,as they usher their teams through a long, sometimes painstaking, transformative process.Here are four less ons in team management from leaders who successfully learned how to lead a team to success.Tell the TruthIf your team is underperforming,it does no good if you keep it to yourself. In fact, that little secret will propel you and your team off a cliff. Instead, the best leaders found creative ways to inform their teams that their results were sub-par.David Helfer, a VP at Juniper Networks, learned that many members of his team were working hard, but focusing on elements of the business that simply werent important.By asking team members what their roles were and carefully listening to their responses, he was able to clear up discrepancies between their perceived and actual roles, and re-direct them down a more productive path.The Takeaway Before any team can change, it needs to know that change is necessary.Never Serve Cold ToastWithin underperforming teams, many members have to replace bad habits with new behaviors. But behavior change is a tricky thing.Marilyn Masaitis, the owner o f Marilyns Dinerin New Jersey, noticed that a couple of her regulars had suddenly stopped coming. After doing some legwork, she tracked these folks down and learned that they had been served cold toast.She immediately went to the waitresss house that had served them. Surprisingly, she didnt fire her. Instead, she explained what she had learned, and informed the waitress that the customers absence was $10 out of her pocket every weekend representing $40 per month.Marilyns waitress learned a valuable lesson. She stopped serving cold toast, and the customers returned.Marilyn hit on one of the keys of successful behavior in the workplace Employees need the proper motivation and to understand the consequences of their poor behaviors and the impact on the larger team.The Takeaway Take action to make behavioral change more manageable.Define a Bright FutureNot only is it important to tell the team the truth about their performance and begin to change the small behaviors, it is critical to define the future.For the Indianapolis Colts, the future was an ideal, a place where the organization needed to be.When Bill Polian was hired to be the General Manager for the Colts back in 1997, the team was awful they had been awful for a long, long time. Instead of accepting position quo, however, Polian had a different idea. He began to talk about Super Bowls.Initially, members of the Colts organization, from the front office to the players, were skeptical. But over time, and after Polian repeatedly spoke about how the Colts were going to the Super Bowl, the entire organization began to shift its perception.They slowly began to believe in Polians message. The on-field success followed, and the Colts were one of the top NFL franchises of the 2000s. They also won their Super Bowl in 2006.The Takeaway Create a vision and back it up with a plan. Re-Define SuccessAs your team begins to replace old behaviors with new behaviors that are more conducive to success, the definition of succ ess needs to change.After all, if success is to become habit with your team, leaders will need to reframe what success means.For email marketing firm iContact, success was initially defined as being a profitable startup. But once they achieved that milestone and continued to grow, CEO Ryan Allis began to ponder what success meant on a personal level.Rather than fall back on his old definition, Ryan came to the conclusion that for him to lead a truly successful organization, it had to have a positive impact on both the environment and his local community.Allis began to focus on both goals, building them into company presentations and dialogue. He also found ways to measure iContacts progress on both fronts.Soon, others adopted his mindset, and now corporate social responsibility is an important and established parte of iContact.The Takeaway Drive change by reframing success. To be clear, leading a turnaround is not easy. Its a profound test of team leadership capabilities. But leader s of businesses both large and small can learn how to lead a team to success from those who have done it before.Author BiosJoe Frontiera and Dan Leidl are coauthors of Team Turnarounds. Managing partners of Meno Consulting, a firm that specializes in team and leadership development, Frontiera and Leidl have contributed as columnists for WashingtonPost.com. They each have PhDs in sports psychology from West Virginia University.

17 Twitter Accounts for Older Workers to Follow

17 Twitter Accounts for Older Workers to Follow17 Twitter Accounts for Older Workers to FollowIn fact, over the next eight years, groups of workers who are 65 to 74 years old and 75 and up will have the fastest rate of growth among all age groups, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Some simply want to work while others require financial stability. But many older workers will be changing the way they work as well.According to a 2015 survey from AARP, 73% of those who said they were planning on working post-retirement said they would do so part-time, while 44% said they would consider a new field.Of course, during that transition,you might need someone to turn to who can give you some good old-fashioned career advice. To help get you started, weve compiled a list of career experts.The next time youre on social media, check out these 17 career experts for older workers to follow on TwitterAshlea Ebeling - ashleaebelingAshlea Ebeling is an associate editor at Forbes, where she writes about personal finance and how people can learn to create, manage, and enjoy wealth.Dana Anspach - moneyover55Founder and CEO of Sensible Money, Dana Anspach helps people manage their money in retirement through savvy financial planning. She is also the author of Control Your Retirement Destiny and Social Security Sense.Diana Schneidman - DianaSchneidmanIf youre looking for a way to earn extra income, Diana Schneidman has proven methods that work. Her bookReal Skills, Real Incomeis a primer for those who might be contemplating a career change, or want to change their lives.Jim Miller - TheSavvySeniorNBC Today Show contributor Jim Miller runs a website thats chock-full of resources for older workers, including information on housing, healthcare, travel, volunteering, and more.Jo Ann Jenkins - JoAnn_JenkinsAs the CEO of AARP, Jo Ann Jenkins is dedicated to helping people 50+ realize their hopes and dreams. She recently tweeted about the AARPs $60 mio funding for t he Dementia Discovery Fund, which is focused on helping find solutions for those living with dementia and Alzheimers.John Tarnoff - johntarnoffThe author of Boomer Reinvention How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50, John Tarnoff is a reinvention career coach, speaker, and creator of the Boomer Reinvention Methodology.Kerry Hannon - KerryHannonThe author of Great Jobs for Everyone 50+ Kerry Hannon is a career expert who offers advice on the topics of career transitions, personal finance, and retirement.Marc Miller - CareerPivotMarc Miller is dedicated to helping people- particularly baby boomers- find not just jobs, but careers that will last them a lifetime. His popular book, Repurpose Your Career A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life, offers strategies to take what youve learned in your old career and apply it to the next phase of your life.Marci Alboher - heymarciMarci Alboher is a career expert, penning articles on topics such as encore careers and slash careers. She is currently the vice president, strategic communications at Encore.org, a site celebrating the talents and goodness of people 50+.Mark Miller - RetireRevisedMark Miller is a retirement columnist for Reuters Money and Morningstar, and is a contributor to the New York Timesand AARP magazine. He is a nationally recognized expert on retirement and aging trends.Mitchell Tuchman - MitchellTuchmanInvestment advisor Mitch Tuchman counsels clients on how to grow their money so that they can have solid savings when they decide to retire. He offers retirement advice through his website, rebalance-ira.com.Nancy Collamer - NancyCollamerNancy Collamer is a semi-retirement coach and the author of Second-Act Careers 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She is also a writer for Next Avenue and Forbes.Next Avenue - NextAvenueFor the over 50 set, Next Avenue offers tips not just on careers and retirement, but has stories and advice on other important topics too, such as health, caregiving, and technology.Randi Bussin - Aspire4successRandi Bussin works as a personal branding strategist and career reinvention specialist. She offers advice on topics such as shifting from the corporate to the nonprofit world, how to network, and ways to find your career tribe.Sally Abrahms - sallyabrahmsSally Abrahms is an award-winning writer focusing on people over 50. She has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, theWall Street Journal, and theBoston Globe, among many media outlets on topics such as senior living, caregiving, technology, and work.Senior Planet - seniorplanetSenior Planet is a project of Older Adults Technology Services (or OATS). It empowers older adults to use computers, and on a deeper level, lead more independent, fuller lives.The Unretirement Project - UnretirementProThe Unretirement Project helps people redefine retirement and what it truly means to them. They tweet about topics such as freelancing in retirement and what happens when you retire early.Looking for new career opportunities?Browse Open Flexible Jobs