In 2010, employers spent more on employees' development than ever before: businesses in the United...
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Facilitation. Why? Ownership Involvement and Employee Engagement
As I was updating some of my orientation thoughts in some of the toolkits I sell, I got into...
Metaphors as Tools for Organizational Improvement
Ah, LinkedIn. Sometimes, a post in there just triggers some good thinking on my part (or at least...
Progress is not all about Training, Motivation and Processes.
For a long time, I have played with a couple of cartoons that reflect my thinking about training...
Funny Thoughts and Ideas on “Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly”
Some thoughts of mine on how I work around some of the issues of managing and leading change. One...
A Comparison Chart of PMC’s Team Building Activities
We're supporting an ever increasing variety of impactful team building games these days and I am...
Marketing, Customer Service and People
One of my friends in India emailed me this morning, asking me for my thoughts about why companies...
On Dissociation and Innovative Thinking – Stepping Back from The Wagon
On a LinkedIn group discussion on innovation and "Thinking out of the box," I posted up some of my...
Innovation – Myths versus Continuous Continuous Improvement
James Gardner, in his book, "Sidestep and Twist," talks about innovation and spending and the fact...
PRIDE – Issue or Opportunity?
One of the illustrations I have used over the years to focus on organizational paradoxes is this...
The Elephant in the Room – Line Managers are the Trainers (All others fail)
More and more, I am convinced that the KEY training people in organizations do not reside in the...
Stress as a Motivator?
In the LinkedIn discussion that I mentioned in the previous post, the question arose as to whether...
Dis-Un-Empowered Government Employee – Scott to the rescue of the citizens!
If it were not so sad, it would be funny. With a friend and parking in an Asheville, NC downtown...
Motivation? It is feedback, not extrinsic motivators, the drive performance
I think the biggest opportunity to improve performance is through good, positive, immediate...
Beware Best Practices, They Can Kill Productivity, Innovation and Growth – Adopt Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter
REALLY?? Best Practices can KILL productivity, innovation and growth? Someone wrote that as an...