Thirty years of working with organizations may have taught me a couple of things. One is that a...
Facilitation
The Origin of Engagement in the breakdown of Appraisal and Control
Simply put: We need stop doing such a lousy job of motivating people in the workplace. Stats show...
Common Traps when Debriefing – some ideas from Roger Greenaway
Roger Greenaway is a superb facilitator. Even though we have never met, we run in similar loops...
Nobody Ever Washes a Rental Car – some practical ideas about implementation, ownership and involvement
I just posted up some ideas on my poems and quips blog, which tend to be my short little ditties...
Trust. Promises. Innovation. Some thoughts on improving performance results.
I just blogged about three cartoons in my other blog, my poems on performance one. But I thought...
Getting More Done with More – Managing Performers, Slinks and Zombies
In my experience, 30+ years of working with organizations the workplace tends to operate with a...
Enthusiastic People Accomplish MORE
This is NOT rocket science, but the general reactions of so many make it seem like this should be...
Square Peg, Round Holes and Motivating and Engaging for Performance Improvement
This is a little ditty that Joan cooked up for an email to our customers and prospects and I...
Team Building Followup – Maximizing Impact with Cartoons
This is our 20th year of selling team building games and we are pleased to have so many great...
People are our Most Important Asset – Seriously? Yes, seriously!
How many companies state that "people are the most important asset" to their organization's...
Tribal Wisdom and Organizational Improvement – Thoughts on dealing with a dead horse
Organizational engagement, workplace involvement, and leadership facilitation are all parts of an...
Motivating People and Performance – Three Simple Ideas
A lot has been written about generating higher levels of performance to produce better results....
Thoughts on assigning players to tabletops in team building exercises
How do you put tabletops together to optimize team building impacts and meet your goals for a...
Murphy's Law, Reframed
Murphy's Law is pretty basic and to the point: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. As to...
The Illusions of Management and Leadership
Over the years, I have led many sessions on involving and engaging people and I have had a...