Years ago, I was asked point blank by my boss’ boss’ boss if I thought we should fire my boss and hire someone else in his place. Awkward! We needed to – my boss was hurting our business, inside and out. I knew this, the person...
“Til the wheels fall off,” is the cliché line that people in relationships quote to declare their dedication to the relationship. It’s one of hundreds of metaphors people use to describe their commitment to a relationship. In...
Why My Personal Trainer Flipped Me the Bird, and 3 Easy Ways to Craft the Most Robust Personal Brand
This past week I was in the car on the way home from the gym when I realized I was following one of the gym’s personal trainers, who I have talked with a few different times. We were on a straight road with side streets, and it...
Maybe you’re like me? Whether I’m at 1407 Fleet Street, driving, running errands, or trying to fall asleep at night - ultimately my mind turns to work. While thinking about projects, I start to focus on deadlines, ways to...
One of our values at SHIFT is to help our clients share information to better engage and enable their people to drive the performance of their organization. We call the construction of regularly held, intentional conversations...
No word captures the essence of defeat like failure. No one ever wants to think of themself as a failure, let alone admit publicly they are one … No one except me. I am a failure. And I don’t know why we try to hide our...
Onboarding a new employee can be a challenge to plan, and can easily be overlooked. Research from Deloitte shows that, “4% of new employees leave a job after a disastrous first day and 22% of staff turnovers occur in the first...
The current spotlight shone on the Confederate Flag in the wake of the senseless, race-driven murders in Charleston, South Carolina, is one we would benefit from widening, just a bit, to illuminate any number of other aspects...
Picture the ideal businessman/woman. We ALL know what they look like. We’ve been told what a “real” businessperson looks like since we were children. It’s ingrained into our cultural DNA. When it comes to the stereotypical...
