Warming Up – When I came to work today it was cold in my office so I fired up the space heater that I have. So I’m thinking that we let a lot of things warm up before using them. We let our cars warm up, we warm up before exercising or playing sports, before we sing, and on and on. A Canadian friend of mine said that in the winter they let everything warm up before using it! But do we let our people “warm up” when they come to work? I warm up by getting a cup of coffee as my PC boots up, then I review new emails, and set my calendar for the day. I know that if I have a meeting scheduled for the first thing in the morning, it disrupts my day a little bit. So my question is, “Are you the type that schedules 8:00 am meetings?” If so, not letting your people do the seemingly unproductive activity of “warming up” might cause them to “break down” later on. (And don’t suggest they come in a half hour earlier because you know you’ll start scheduling meetings at 7:30!!)