For dozens of years, I have worked on the edges of how organizations work, being The Man in two...
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Dis-Un-Engagement – thoughts for impacting employee engagement in the workplace
A series of different LinkedIn posts in my lists have focused on the general theme of "employee...
Nothing Made Sense… Who cares!
There was a post up in one of my LinkedIn groups about the fact that there is another definition...
Organizational Positive Self-Talk – Ideas for Improvement
Cleaning out some old filing cabinets, I came across my NLP folders, which contained a lot of...
The Customer sets the price for our Square Wheels Facilitation Toolkit!
Please note: We stopped this promotion a while back. People continued to pay our retail price for...
Team Building and Collaboration for Performance Improvement – Large Event Management
The past week has been really interesting, since I have had the chance to talk to a lot of people...
Nobody ever washes a rental car – Thoughts on engagement and ownership
"Nobody ever washes a rental car." I've been using this phrase for dozens of years, since it...
Keeping Things Simple – Involving and Engaging
Over the 45 years that I have played with issues around involving and engaging people for...
Defense is not good for Innovation – Thoughts on Engagement for Innovation
There was an interesting thread on the Innovation Excellence group on LinkedIn, one that talks...
Metaphors as Tools for Organizational Improvement
Ah, LinkedIn. Sometimes, a post in there just triggers some good thinking on my part (or at least...
Coaching: All the Managers, All the Time
In one of the LinkedIn discussions I participated in recently, the theme was about why coaching is...
Progress is not all about Training, Motivation and Processes.
For a long time, I have played with a couple of cartoons that reflect my thinking about training...
Funny Thoughts and Ideas on “Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly”
Some thoughts of mine on how I work around some of the issues of managing and leading change. One...
Some Punchlines on “Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly!”
For nearly 20 years, I have been playing with this theme of caterpillars, butterflies and change...
Marketing, Customer Service and People
One of my friends in India emailed me this morning, asking me for my thoughts about why companies...