When The SEED School of Maryland asked me to give a speech to 308 middle-school students, my reaction was one part flattered, one part nervous. I've spoken to high-schoolers, sharing my experiences as a Baltimore City kid and my...
Posts by Joe Mechlinski
Ensuring your employees feel valued is a major key to your company’s success. When employees feel valued, or important, they are much happier. And we all know people perform better when they’re happier. A recent Gallup study...
An interview with Doug Beigel, CEO of COLA, a nonprofit organization in Columbia, Maryland that offers training, accreditation, and consultation to medical labs, regarding his pattern for successfully instituting change. Joe:...
The best way to maintain a steady business course under constantly changing conditions is to keep your eye on the big picture. But the stream of dramatic headlines over the last three years has made the big picture a little...
We can all agree there are good meetings and there are bad meetings, and there are even meetings about meetings… All joking aside, in order for your business to be successful it is critical that team meetings are meaningful and...
First things first: we at eQ want to thank every one of you reading this message. We are continually grateful for the knowledge and experiences gained through our work together. It is an honor to know you, and it has been an...
It’s the dawn of 2012 – the year we’ve all been waiting for, thanks to the Mayans and their spooky calendar forecasting the end of the world in December. Some of my friends have jokingly threatened to max out their credit cards,...
Our move to the cloud, guided by LiftOff, is discussed in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Our part of the article explains how we continue to find new and innovative ways to leverage the collaboration components of the...
In January, we shared data from five of our more recent surveys; and how that data led us to what we believe are the five internal factors critical to a company’s growth and success over time: performance reviews, team meetings,...
