Sabotage, Defense, Engagement and Workplace Collaboration are common issues in many of today's...
Involving and Engaging People
Roll Better Ideas Forward – Improve Engagement and Innovation
The old brainstorming process works. It just does not work very well. And there are lots of ideas...
Tons of Good Writings, so why is improvement so hard? Part Two
This is the second of two articles that hammer on the issues around supervision and how they...
Communications, Pressure, and Stepping Back from the Wagon
We use the metaphor of "Stepping back from the Wagon" as a way of saying that perspective and...
Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared Ownership
I will suggest you use Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared...
Engagement, Fulfillment, Performance, Perfection and Excellence
I was reading an article by Shep Hyken on his thinking around 5 steps to achieve employee...
Improving Leadership Effectiveness = Dis-Un-Engagement
We CAN improve Leadership Effectiveness if we can just get them to do something differently. This...
What are The Square Wheels Toolkits and why do they work so well?
Since 1993, we have been working with interactive "cartoons" and sharing the related tools as...
Square Wheels – Going Viral on People and Performance
Jonah Berger's recent book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, is about why things go viral in...
What do you do when they do things PERFECTLY – some thoughts on team building
This blog is about Perfect Performance and shares some ideas about how we can support teams and...
Managers – Biggest Contributors or Biggest Problem?
Are Managers the Biggest Contributors or Biggest Problem? I strongly believe that they could be...
“We have met the enemy and He is US.” Pogo, Leadership and Management
Early in my career, there was a popular quote popping around attributed to Pogo, a cartoon series...
Workplace Motivation – “I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever…”
"I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever..." is my anchor point for what seems to happen often in the...
The Illusion of Innovation – Some ideas about creative thinking
Like everyone I know, I love to see those different illusions and to see how people so cleverly...
Ideas and Engagement – Building a Culture and Engagimentation
A LinkedIn discussion thread started with: What do you think are the main barriers for an employee...