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Managing The Mavericks – Caring for the High Maintenance Employee
Lisa Woods penned a really great article on managing the people who are the atypical and hard to...
What do you do when they do things PERFECTLY – some thoughts on team building
This blog is about Perfect Performance and shares some ideas about how we can support teams and...
Workplace Motivation – “I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever…”
"I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever..." is my anchor point for what seems to happen often in the...
Extrovert, Introvert, and the Power of Quiet
Brian Remer sent me an email years ago with a connection to his neat online newsletter and I...
We all impact everything. Your impacts on the Space Time Continuum of Work
We impact others. Butterfly wings and all that. Connectivity. Dealing with chaos in the workplace...
Excuses for Poor Teamwork and Poor Performance – Find Your Own!
Dan Rockwell posted up a short blog on his LeadershipFreak blog about getting past excuses. The...
It’s Relatively Simple – An Illustration of More Better Faster
Here are some simple thoughts on making workplace improvements. Perspective and motivation are key...
A poem on Intrinsic Motivation and Continuous Continuous Improvement
I stated playing with some of the Square Wheels cartoons and doing some short poems over the past...
WHY does Godzilla want to smush Bambi?
My posts are pretty much all about team building and team building games, themes of leadership...
The Isolation of Leadership = A Desk is a Dangerous Place from which to View the World
I've been using the Square Wheels One illustration for a long time, since 1993, and reactions to...
What do Elves do to Learn and Improve?
You got to hand it to the Elves of the world, since they are the ones who get most things done....
Simple thoughts on Extrinsic Motivation
Sometimes, I am not sure what triggers the motivation for me to pop into here and write up a blog....
It’s Not My Fault – Why Engagement is Not Working
Some really scary stuff is how much money companies are spending on Engagement Surveys and how...
What I hope for: The Workplace
I was asked for a 500-word "wish" to be published by another organization and I thought to repost...