We had a Christmas Day brunch at one of the finer hotels here in Greenville and, to put it simply,...
people and performance
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...
Leadership, Teamwork and Making Progress
My approach to motivation and engagement is based on this meme of how things really work in most...
BOSS: Spelled Backwards
Boss. In organizations, a lot of people know precisely who that is. And that can be a positive or...
Please Wait – a thought on Innovation and Improvement
I was playing in my pool league and there was an old plastic sign that someone had stuck on the...
Presenteeism – They are IN but they are OUT
I was reading some news feeds and came across the word, "Presenteeism" in an HR thread. The term...
How many people have seen Square Wheels illustrations?
Got a problem with motivation, engagement or productivity and looking for a simple and bombproof,...
A LEGAL Approach to improving Engagement
I was reading a magazine focused on workplaces and came across an article discussing union...
“Spring Forward Monday” For Workplace Improvement
Monday's, most typically, are the least favorite day of the work week but the Monday following the...
A Short Post on Human Resources and Livable Wages
My focus for the past 40 years has been on people and performance, often with productivity and...
Facilitation and Motivation – Ideas for workplace improvement
"Fear is the Mindkiller," was repeated incessantly in the Dune books of Frank Herbert. Fear is...
Best Practices – Performance Shortcuts that need sharing
My thinking for the past 30 years has been about people and performance, about innovation and peer...
Poems and Haiku on People and Performance – Square Wheels themes
I was trying out some new image capture software and got into taking some screenshots of some...
National Employee UN-Appreciation DAY needed
This will be a short post and one focused on something I see as a pretty important issue. Today...