HOW DO WE MOTIVATE PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE? Some simple ideas for involving and engaging people....
Managing and leading change
Thoughts on Purposeful Meeting Openers and Icebreakers
One of my LinkedIn groups had a post where the trainer wanted to start a class focused on...
Employee Engagement, Kaizen and Japan
I will admit to being sometimes confused, as I am now… My recollection is that one of Japan’s...
Executive Compensation, Employee Motivation, and The Future
I was going through some old transparencies (really!) and came across some old statistics from an...
Implementing Improvement – Ideas on Brainstorming
“Nobody ever washes a rental car!“ If one is to expect anything to happen after any training, they...
Team Building in Mumbai, India. Square Wheels and Dutchman
“I love it when a plan comes together!” This is an old quote, used in every show, from The A Team...
Involving and Engaging, Consensus, and Dot-Voting for Facilitating Engagement
Guess I got into a “writing mode” today, since I was on one of the LinkedIn discussions again and...
A Free Holiday Training Tool for Performance Improvement
If you would like a free, playful training tool to use during the holidays as an intro to a...
Individual “versus” Group Brainstorming – Teamwork and Engagement
I am just back from India where I finally met some old friends and had the chance to do a full day...
Performance Reviews and Coaching – Benefits of Square Wheels
One of the main issues in any performance review is “residual.” Past reviews will most certainly...
Encouragement and Motivation through Feedback, Not Manipulation
While responding to a post by Dan Rockwell called, “No encouragement is discouragement” it got me...
Teamwork Works!
A recent thread in one of the LinkedIn groups took the position that teamwork does not work to...