Years ago, I read the title of this in The Dilbert Principles, and the phrase has stuck with me as...
employee motivation
Make Spring Forward Monday a Day for More Engagement
An overview of the use of Square Wheels images for an application to the problems around Spring Forward Monday, March 14, 2022.
Team Building, Leadership and Change
An article about engaging people in the workplace to improve performance.
Can you IMPROVE a Square Wheel?
Some thoughts on active engagement using PMC’s Square Wheels® images and tools for innovation, and improve a square wheel.
Implementing Round Wheels to fix your Square Wheels
Ask a worker and they will share ideas for improvement. As a consultant walking around, this is a...
Power, Petit Tyrants, and Sharking Performance
Leaders sometimes engage in petit tyrant behaviors that have negative impacts on others, sharking performance long term. Here are some thoughts.
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...
Godzilla, Bambi and Innovation and Creativity
Why does innovation and creativity sometimes seem so hard to generate? This is an old issue with...
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine goes online / virtual
This week, we will see an operational ONLINE version of our team building exercise, The Search for...
A Joke on the issues of Implementing New Ideas
We're playing around with a bunch of new tools to help supervisors manage their remote workers...
Square Wheels Tools for Managing and Leading Remote Workers
There are massive shifts happening right now, some are trends that are simply continuing and some...
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...
“Why are team-building activities conducted?” – An answer to a Quora Post
This question was asked in Quora, where I posted up a response. Your thoughts? The Big Answer is...
Teamwork: Things Can All Play Out with Everyone Being Comfortable!
You Don’t Have to Build, Shoot, Cook, Find Things, Find A Way Out, Be Physically Challenged or Be...
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...