In March, I posted up a blog on workplace motivation and the issues that surround performance in...
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The Caterpillar Flies – a poem by Fern Lebo
We worked with Fern Lebo of FrontRunner Communications to create a poem that captures our...
Seriously? How things work in most organizations.
People say that I can pretty much say it all in one cartoon, so here is my attempt to show how...
A softball cartoon on employee engagement…
John Junson, a cartoonist working with David Zinger at The Employee Engagement Network, just...
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...
Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared Ownership
I will suggest you use Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared...
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...
Kill The Paperwork – Improve Effectiveness
Who out there among us does not have too much "paperwork" or "paperwork responsibilities?" How can...
Simplicity – Thoughts of Da Vinci, Einstein, Rockwell and Simmerman
In a blog post "Simple Isn't Simple" by Dan Rockwell, he said: Any fool can create complex....
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...