The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed how people live and work. Organizations need to look...
people and performance
Is competition in the remote workplace giving organizations a hard time?
An overview of the Square Wheels and the round wheel opportunities for managers of remote workers, and how to engage and motivate them for improved performance and productivity.
Power, Petit Tyrants, and Sharking Performance
Leaders sometimes engage in petit tyrant behaviors that have negative impacts on others, sharking performance long term. Here are some thoughts.
Dis-Un-Engagement and Remote Working – Issues of motivation and active involvement
Dis-Un-Engagement is the process of removing those things that un-engage people and teams in workplace performance and motivation.
Square Wheels Cartoons and Quotes Supporting a Gratitude Attitude
Joan generated her illustrated annual Thanksgiving Message to our newsletter subscribers so I...
“It makes sense to us” – Thoughts on disengagement and customer service quality
A trip to the library should be enlightening, and I read a lot of books so I go at least twice a...
Positive Disruptive Employee Engagement for Innovation and Motivation
It is funny, if you google the word DISRUPTIVE, most of the associated descriptive links will be...
Facilitation, Learning and Motivation: The Supervisor
Supervisors can a lot facilitation of communications and engagement and do a lot more in regards...
The Hubcap Report – a note on Task Interference and Supervisors
These days, my focus continues to be on people and performance, with more consideration around The...
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN?
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN? I love that short little quote about personal accountability...
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...
Apparently, Employees are also People!
I was playing around with some of my flower pics on Saturday, wishing for Spring after weeding,...
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…
2017 – A Year of Choices, Engagement and Innovation
We are at the cusp of a new year and this tends to be the time when people consider new...