People and Performance -- Here are some simple poems and frameworks to get people thinking about...
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Training and Development cannot fix performance problems – Some Square Wheels
Companies spend money to improve results. They spend BILLIONS on doing surveys on organizational...
Santa – Getting the Job Done and Living The Dream!
Work is work. And some things just do not work smoothly. It is not about effort, but about systems...
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...
Motivation and Dis-Un-Engagement
I got engaged in a discussion on LinkedIn, on a discussion page for HR professionals, where the...
Moron Engagement – The Concept of Dis-Un-Engagement
This post is about doing things differently. It is about looking for ways to remove the things...
Even Dilbert Understands this Engagement Stuff
In one of my groups, a reference was made to one of Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon strips that...
Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly
Teaching The Caterpillar to fly is a flexible and impactful framework for discussing change and...
Stress as a Motivator? Cognitive Dissonance and Square Wheels!
In the LinkedIn discussion mentioned in a previous post, the question arose as to whether stress...
You set YOUR price for our Facilitation Toolkit – Square Wheels Roll!
Square Wheels illustrations have been used worldwide for almost 20 years as tools for...
Why use Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine for large team building events?
I was chatting with a human resources director and we were planning the presentation of The...
Interdepartmental Collaboration’s Vital Link to Organizational Profitability
HR Management Magazine asked me for an article a while back and I thought to make a copy of it...
Outdoor Training – Just Fun or does Learning actually occur
For the past decade, I have been involved in discussion threads on LinkedIn and Twitter that...