Years ago, I read the title of this in The Dilbert Principles, and the phrase has stuck with me as...
Dealing with Spectator Sheep — Because you can!
Spectator Sheep. You know who they are and what they do – they stand on the outside of what is...
Decreasing Resistance to Change — The Finger, Arm and Leg Exercise for facilitating discussion
In The Dilbert Principles, Dilbert said, "Change is good. You go first." That one little quip...
How do I generate new and improved outcomes in meetings?
Yesterday, I answered a Quora question about effective workplace team building activities and how...
Play the Fool, Achieve Hero Leadership
David Riklin caught my attention a while ago with one of those quotes that says a lot more than it...
Thoughts on Missions, Visions and Values
I am working with a consultant in India around impacting people and performance using our Square...
Purpose, Blind Spots, and Next Questions
Three new "posters" using the same Square Wheels One image all came together in my head this...
MORE on being “Too Busy” to implement new improvements
GENERALLY, most workers in most organizations will say that management does a pretty poor job of...
Too Busy and Somewhat Disengaged – an illustration of workplace reality
For the past 25 years, we have been playing with various Square Wheel® images around people and...
Teamwork, Thinking, Learning and Active Involvement
Experiential exercises have significant impacts on individual and organizational learning and...
I’ll bet you can’t identify even HALF of the Key Learning Points!
We've been playing with a metaphor of Square Wheels for 25 years, starting with a simple line-art...
Employee Engagement is OVER? Maybe that is a good thing!
An email from Mercer/Sirota today was headlined, "Employee Engagement is so over! Ok, maybe not...
Innovation, Motivation and Supervisory Facilitation – The Square Wheels Project
There are plenty of good tools out there for generating new ideas and momentum about innovating in...
Team Coaching – Facilitating Engagement and Innovation
Team Coaching! We should expect all of our managers to have the skills for facilitating engagement...
Breaking Down Workplace Roadblocks for Increased Productivity and Happiness
If you're a manager or supervisor, you can easily dis-un-empower yourself and the people you work...