The recent news is filled with outrageous stories about what is happening to the Pokemon Go players. I’ll admit, I’m not a gamer, but I’m baffled by … Read more
When Your Leader is Struggling, Here’s What You Can Do
I am unhappy with my boss… He doesn’t give me feedback…. When she gives me feedback, it’s really vague and unhelpful… He doesn’t do what he says he’s going … Read more
A Smashing Idea for Your Next Company Event
No long introductions here. No thought leadership. Just a collection of the more interesting odds and ends we get in the mail or stumble upon ourselves. On … Read more
What Piloting a Pig Roast Party Can Teach Leaders
One of the lessons I learned early in my career was the value of piloting ideas and new processes. Just saying the words “Let’s try a pilot” seemed to open … Read more
Rapport: A Key Ingredient to Business Innovation
Many organizations have a sound strategy, but fail to execute their full potential. Why is that? Because culture eats strategy for breakfast. Easily! … Read more
3 Ways Leaders Put Their Teams First
No doubt you’ve seen too many self-serving maneuvers over the years to be surprised when a leader slinks off into every-man-for-himself territory. So why … Read more
There’s No Quick and Easy Fix to Building a Successful Workforce
I recently stumbled across a blog post titled, After years of intensive analysis, Google discovers the key to good teamwork is being nice. I knew that … Read more
Are You and Your Workforce Just Too Busy to Scale?
Chaos doesn’t scale. When I work with CEO’s and general managers they often tell me about their plans to scale the business. When I ask, “So how’s that … Read more
The Future Workplace? It Will Be Built Around Smaller, Quicker, More Agile Teams
One of the largest themes emerging from Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report is the need for companies to be much more agile. In the face of … Read more
Google’s Main Ingredient For Building Great Teams
In 2012, Google wanted to find out what made great teams great. Google’s People Operations group poured through 50 years of research, conducted hundreds of … Read more