John Junson, a cartoonist working with David Zinger at The Employee Engagement Network, just...
intrinsic motivation
Seriously? Are we making progress yet on engagement?
I will admit to being a little frustrated when it comes to workplace issues of people and...
Top Performers Least Engaged Workers? Low Performers Most Involved?
In 4 of 10 companies, low performers were more engaged than the high performers, a paradox that...
Going Postal – Workplace violence and Engagement
As regular readers know, I write a lot on the themes of employee productivity and workplace...
Roll Better Ideas Forward – Improve Engagement and Innovation
The old brainstorming process works. It just does not work very well. And there are lots of ideas...
Improving Leadership Effectiveness = Dis-Un-Engagement
We CAN improve Leadership Effectiveness if we can just get them to do something differently. This...
Teamwork, Communications and Optimization of Performance
My friend Lou Carloni has been sharing ideas about people and performance for many years and a...
Performance Feedback – Breakfast of Champions!
An overview of how to optimize performance feedback systems, including a checklist of key features.
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...