“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” It pains my Southern Bible Belt upbringing to say this. Taken in isolation, there is a great deal of evidence that this well-known [...]
Your best employees are contemplating quitting. Survey results from Job Seeker Nation and others suggest that as many as 82 percent of workers are looking for new job opportunities. This is more than people using [...]
It’s common for clients to identify challenges and opportunities that they want to see addressed when I present to their group. A group of municipal government leaders recently asked that I provide tips about leading [...]
A strong, vibrant culture is the accelerator that gives your company a sustainable competitive advantage. It can also be an anchor that holds you back and sabotages your success. So which is it for you? [...]
Sandra (not her real name) was baffled and a little disconcerted. The team that had performed so admirably just a few years ago was now struggling. They still executed the routine tasks and assignments with [...]
Empowering employees to voluntarily help your company succeed should be, to borrow a phrase from Tom Peters, a “blinding flash of the obvious.” The metrics about engaging and utilizing your staff to share positive messages [...]
Distance might make the heart grow fonder in matters of personal relationships. In workplaces, distance – actual or perceived – can create silos and subcultures that undermine productivity, efficiency, and collaboration. That’s why leading companies [...]
There’s a secret that your training department and the thousands of professional speakers and trainers aren’t telling you: You won’t change your culture by simply sending your people to training or bringing in an outside [...]
The future of business was foreshadowed in 1984. Not the book 1984 by George Orwell although you might make that case as well. The future we’re talking about appeared in a book titled Silicon Valley [...]
Everywhere you look someone is talking about corporate culture. It’s easy to see why. The research advocating for a culture that engages your team and makes employees happy is compelling. It is, after all, a [...]
What would be different in your operation if you could experience a 170 percent in engagement, a 294 percent increase in innovation, and a 221 percent increase in results? Would that give you a leg [...]
Recently, a client asked for help to understand why it struggles with creating a culture that values and engages people. In a moment of absolute clarity and candor, a mid-level manager said, “I think we [...]
As you read this, someone is considering – and probably working on – how to disrupt your industry. You won’t see them coming, and your first thought when they appear will be to focus on [...]
You could see the discomfort on their faces. A group of talented, committed professional sat in the meeting room as their leader – a key company executive – shared the organization’s strategic vision of the [...]
The aspirational words you hang on the wall and include on your website have less impact on your workplace and culture of success than you think. Everyone says some version of “Our people are our [...]