One of my favorite quotes and anchor points for my presentations is adapted from a quote from a...
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Ideas on People and Performance, Team Building, Motivation and Innovation
Teamwork, Peer Support and the idea of Dis-Un-Engagement
People need support. On the playing field, the players have each other pushing them in their...
Motivation, Training and Icebreakers. Keeping It Real!
Opportunities to increase motivation abound in every organization. So many things one can do to...
Big Company Team Building Events
This short blog post is about what Big Companies do for big team building events and what kinds of...
Motivation and Dis-Un-Engagement
I got engaged in a discussion on LinkedIn, on a discussion page for HR professionals, where the...
Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny: Thoughts on Successful Implementation
"Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny" is a famous (although somewhat flawed) framework from...
Dis-Un-Engagement and The Lesson of The Monkeys
Ah, the Internet. And StumbleUpon. And Research on behavior. And Creative Genius. I love it when...
Performance Management – what it is (and isn’t)
WAY back in 1978, I started consulting after a short career as a psychology professor. It just...
The Benefits of Telecommuting and working from home
I was one of those "early adapters" of a home-based business and still remember a bunch of us at a...
Moron Engagement – The Concept of Dis-Un-Engagement
This post is about doing things differently. It is about looking for ways to remove the things...
On Managers, Competencies, and Skills — Some Square Wheels
I've been working with a colleague on developing a few "train-the-manager" courses that would...
Some interesting points to ponder about CEO performance
Okay, let's start with a simple question: You are in a race and you overtake the second person....