If you’ve ever flown Virgin America, you will have seen the cartoon-like safety video that plays before the flight takes off. In one scene, about a minute … Read more
A Lesson at Time Inc: How Long Do We Keep Those Out of Touch With the Culture?
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a … Read more
How to Stop Doing the Stupid Stuff and Break Bad Workplace Habits
As a business leader, one of the things I always marveled at was how much crap creeps into a business operation over time. Processes go out of date (and … Read more
Business Success is All About Building a Meaningful Workplace Culture
Sixth in a series “If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” – Albert Einstein A … Read more
A Leadership Question: Have You Watered Your Bamboo Today?
Have you watered your bamboo today? When I ask that question, I often get some rather puzzled looks. What does cultivating a crop of giant timber bamboo … Read more
Breaking the Workplace Dependency Cycle: You Need Effective Delegation
In America’s bootstrap, entrepreneurial culture, the word “dependent” is reserved for children claimed on tax forms and for people who are perceived as … Read more
The Meaningful Workplace: Why Workplaces Aren’t Meaningful Now
Third in a series Disillusioned by the age of conspicuous consumption, worried by the state of the planet and its people, rocked by war, corruption, and … Read more
Is This The End of Men in the Workplace (and Everywhere Else)?
I don’t really consider myself a “Man’s Man.” I love to fish, go to college football games and I’ll watch back-to-back ESPN SportsCenters that are the … Read more
Have We Forgotten What It Means to be a “Professional?”
Every company that employs teens and young adults wrestles with the boundaries of professionalism. How do you get the emerging workforce to set aside, if … Read more
The Meaningful Workplace: Getting Employees to Respond Positively
Second in a series Meaningful Workplaces are built by companies that aim to produce a more meaningful outcome from, and for, their people. To become … Read more