Posts in: high performance

November 29, 2017 Joe Mechlinski

14 Books You Must Read (Or Listen To) In The New Year

If you know me, you know that I love to read. Although I only scored a 400 on my reading section of the SAT (decades ago), I’ve learned to enjoy – and even crave – the knowledge, relaxation, and comfort that books deliver. I...

November 16, 2017 Joe Mechlinski

Top 25 Moments of Gratitude In The Last 12 Months

Picking only 25 moments I’m grateful for in the last 12 months was tough! There are so many moments, experiences, and people that I’m thankful for, but I muscled through and narrowed my list to these 25 moments. 25 moments that...

July 3, 2017 Jeff Lesher

How One Man's Cable Company Made Him Die 3 Months Too Soon

When it comes to getting service of true quality, times are tough. One of the best gauges of how positive most service interactions are is asking people to recount a recent “remarkable” experience. They are – as likely as not...

June 6, 2017 Rachana Dixit

Top 5 To-Do's When Your Merger Press Release Hits The Wire

Co-Authored by: Sarah Le Roy In our last blog post, 90% of Mergers Fail Without These 5 Crucial Elements, we focused on the organization’s role in a merger. Today, we’re focusing on the individual’s role - people absolutely can...

May 22, 2017 Paul Elliott, ph.D.

Post-Merger Integration: Grinding Gears vs. a Seamless Shift to High Performance

As leader during a merger or acquisition, your focus is creating value from the transaction. Unfortunately, despite the complexity of both completing the deal and navigating a post-merger integration (PMI)—and the real-world...

May 2, 2017 Andrew Freedman

Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career

Watch this video to learn why you'll fail to have a great career (yes, you read that right). Our work is about ELEVATING organizational performance; about being ALL IN; about SHIFTING the work world to transform the real world.

April 4, 2017 SHIFT

A Professional Baseball Player’s Guide to Spring Training for your Dream Job

Spring is in full effect, and as of yesterday in Baltimore, so is baseball season! Although the official season has just begun, let’s reflect on the work put in before Opening Day… spring training. In baseball, spring training...

March 28, 2017 Jess Manzo

Snack Your Way to Powerful Performance

Many office environments have snack foods available to their employees—sometimes, companies will occasionally provide a free lunch every now and then. Who doesn’t like free food during the work day? There is something to be...

March 22, 2017 Liz Eskenazi

POWERFULLY Change your Game Today!

Maybe it was the "Can Can Cups," two tin Chock full o'Nuts containers with strings attached that we walked with under our feet, like stilts, whenever we were heard muttering "I CAN'T!" in junior high gym class. Maybe it was the...