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Sweet Feed for Herding the Cows: Ideas for Improved Organizational Results
There is a lot written out there about motivation and all sorts of complicated theories that are...
Issues of Workplace Over-Connectedness and Vacation Day Giveaways
This is the third post in this series on working, over-connectedness and the reality that many are...
The Art of Reframing and the Power of Positive Possibilities
This is a blog about the power of possibilities and the art of leadership, anchored to our...
Getting the Cows to the Barn; Thoughts on Alignment and Performance
I am NOT saying that employees are cows. Just the opposite, actually. Well, guess I am not sure...
A Few Stats on Workplace Fantasy Football
I thought that this was interesting data, so I report it here: Fantasy Football’s cost to lost...
The Future of Work, The Future of The Workplace
It's dangerous for me to sit and read, sometimes, since my mind goes off into different...
7 Things You Should Do Differently to Build Better Teamwork
This is most assuredly NOT the First Rodeo for the vast majority of my readership. Many of you...
Is Work Funny or What? Paradoxes in Perceptions
I am a serious guy when it comes to people and performance, which is why I lean toward using games...
Asking Key Questions to Generate Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement
If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you know that we write extensively on issues of teamwork,...
Trust is Revealed by implementing Round Wheels
Dan Rockwell had a really great blog this morning, one that I wanted to reframe and reanchor and...
Keeping It Stupidly Simple – Thoughts on Teams and Teamwork
In a recent LinkedIn thread on leadership, Bob Whipple posted up a short note on "4 Essential...
Some New Thoughts on Trust and Devils Advocate
A grad-school colleague who was a self-described Devil's Advocate was always challenging...
Weed Killers, Bug Killers and Organizational Development
We spend a LOT of money on weed control and bug killers for our yards and gardens. We spend tiny...
Engagement, Communications and Building Teams
We talk about engagement, but it does not appear too often if one looks at the myriad of...