One of our clients is currently facing cultural Groundhog Day; they find themselves living the same story day-after-day. Despite their good intentions to create change, the culture is one that has had a long time to develop, and...
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Wow, what a year! 2014 seemed to fly by, and with 2015 just around the corner now is the best time to slow down, reflect on the past year, and position yourself and your organization for the year ahead. In order to really...
How many are too many when it comes to choices? If you’re running one of the world’s most successful businesses—McDonald’s—apparently it’s 145. That’s the number of options now on their menu and a fact singled out recently as the...
Want to connect with someone – really connect? The terrific thinker and writer, Dan Pink, has said that, “If a picture is worth a thousand words; a metaphor is worth a thousand pictures.” I’d say the same is at least as true of...
You’re tired, stressed, and under pressure to meet a deadline. Things seem on track then, BAM! you hit a bump in the road. Now you go from the comfort of your office, to outsourcing some of the work…which also means outsourcing...
Being a big sports fan, I’m enjoying this year’s march toward college football’s inaugural playoff. Through a not entirely transparent panel-led process, the top four teams are selected to play in an elimination format to better...
Don’t be a ‘life sucker’! You can hear it when that person walks into the room – that sound of energy, enthusiasm, motivation and inspiration being sucked right out of the atmosphere. You know the sound, and I’m pretty sure you...
More on Talent and Who’s Really Best for Your Team Because I loved the football analogy my colleague, Andrew Freedman, used in his recent post about the best talent for your team and because he asked, here’s a bit more about how...
Gratitude or Obligation - What’s the REAL difference? I hate to start this post off on a negative tone, but bear with me… As a society, people seem to be so focused on what is missing, what we don’t have, and what is wrong – yet...
