I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
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Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...
Corporate Engagement Hasn’t Worked – Why not try Disruptive Engagement?
What is your reaction to these statements? "I'm from Human Resources and I am here to help you."...
Engagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact...
Spring Forward Monday™ is March 13, 2017 – A Square Wheels® Solution
Okay, March 13 is a Monday. But it is also the Monday after Sunday morning's loss of an hour's...
Facilitating Workplace Improvement: Herding Cats and Frogs
Some thoughts and ideas about managing the unmanageable. And some cute videos. You CAN herd cats if you have your act together, maybe…
Poem on Performance Improvement and Training
For two dozen years, I have used a "strength building" illustration as step one to discuss how...
A Round Wheel Happy New Year!
We had a Christmas Day brunch at one of the finer hotels here in Greenville and, to put it simply,...
Monkeys, Management and Motivation – Simple Ideas
A blog about issues around corporate cultures and normative behaviors that make no apparent sense,
Are Managers simply BAD or is it the Workplace
This will be a short post, with a link to a solid article and one illustration. Gallup had an...
WHAM! The Square Wheels Guy sees a Round Wheel
I shared this story with a couple of associates last night and both said I should blog about it....
Monday Morning Square Wheels and other thoughts
Here is our new framework for considering how things really seem to work in most organizations,...
Thrive Global – and a message for Supervisors everywhere
It was interesting to read Arianna Huffington's post, "Welcome to Thrive Global." As I read her...
Involve. Engage. Motivate. The Supervisor!
The leverage point is the Supervisor for most things that are not systemic. So, since I was...
Engagement. Motivation. Innovation. The Critical Importance of Supervisors
WHO in your management team has the absolute most impact on profits? Please do not delude yourself...