Engagement and UN-Dis‑Engagement: Impacting the Real Work of Enabling Performance in the workplace...
enablement
Why Morale Crashes and tools for enablement
The Honeymoon is Still Over: Why Morale Crashes After Six Months on the Job and some tools for...
Empowerment, Disempowerment, un-empowerment, and Un-Dis-empowerment
Empowerment and Disempowerment are certainly a reality of most workplaces. We talk about them all...
People Have the Power: Redesigning Meetings with Square Wheels and Flow
The focus of this post is Patti Smith's song "People Have the Power" and redesigning meetings with...
Supervisors: Is Anybody Listening
“Anybody Listening?” This post is about Square Wheels, Supervisors, and the courage to really HEAR...
“Silent Lucidity,” Square Wheels, and the Supervisor’s Superpower
A song delivers a better leadership lesson than the management books. “Silent Lucidity” is a...
ManagerShield 3000: How Anti‑Drone Tech Finally Gives Us Air Cover from Toxic Bosses
Organizations have finally found a humane, cost‑effective way to deal with toxic bosses: shoot...
Generative Imaging for Organizational Change
"Generative Imaging" for Organizational Change focuses on leadership and organizational...
StoryAsking is better than StoryTelling
StoryAsking is better than StoryTelling because you actively involving others in developing their...
Rolling Over Distractions: How Square Wheels Supercharges Engagement
Rolling Over Distractions: How Square Wheels Supercharges Engagement in a World of 47-Second...
Emotional Metacognition
Emotional Metacognition: Using Square Wheels images and metaphors to enable and change how people...
Employee Appreciation Day – Ideas for Supervisors
Employee Appreciation Day: Some ideas for supervisors to stop the Wagon, Ask and Enable the People...
Conversations between Managers and their Supervisors
Most feedback conversations between managers and their supervisors are not about performance;...
Thinking about Thinking: Using Square Wheels to Improve
A facilitated session on organizational improvement and innovation needs more than clever...
Square Wheels, Round Wheels, and Real Commitment
“Square Wheels, Round Wheels, and Real Commitment: Why Accountability and Contribution Are the...