Many of us have experienced the importance of efficiency and speed in the workplace. We can blame technology for most (or all) of it. Email replaced phone calls and fax machines. It literally changed the expectation of communications to working around the clock. versus time zone specific. Here’s an argument for how speed is destroying […]
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The Modern Mentor
Frank and I were recently talking about the lack of mentors in the average work place. I was ranting about how busy we all are, so of course it’s hard to help other employees along when two factors are preventing most folks from doing this: 1. The new entitled generations stir the pot, a lot, […]
4-Day Work Week
Last year I made a predication about transforming the work week. Today I just read two articles about 4-day work weeks and flexibility at work. These days, I am discovering this growing excitement and passion about helping employers create passionate places to work, filled with purpose. Imagine that, every day you go to work, you are […]
Company or Self
A friend of mine asked me yesterday if someone we both know has left their current employer. I quickly went to their linked in page to see if their status had changed. It was strange to find that the company they worked for wasn’t listed at all. So I reached to see if he was […]
Dirty Little Secret to Getting Ahead
As someone who meets all types of people, from different shapes and sizes to different values and sets of standards, there is one secret that is not universally understood. I call it a dirty little secret to get ahead. It entails “who you know” being “cunning”, and perhaps an air of “entitlement”. And it’s simple. […]
No Certainty in our Future
If there is one thing that we can count on for certain, it’s the past. And even though we understand the life/death/life cycle of human nature, our future can be uncertain in so many ways. Leaving us with a sense of fear, foreboding, doubt. It’s not an “if” question, it’s “when”. And then, how will […]
Being a Gentle Opportunist
When I think of human capital, I don’t necessarily focus on people or networks as currency. I first ask – how can I help this person? What gifts or talents do they have, and perhaps don’t even realize they have? How can we bring out their best to produce the best results for a particular […]
New Year’s Reflections
2014 has been quite a year. A year of new. New company developments for both companies. New clients and new relationships within existing clients. New Product ideas – with so little time to focus. And new partnership learnings, how we work together and let culture drive our business without getting in the way of our […]
About those Start-Ups
Consulting is a funny industry. And I suppose it’s especially funny, or fuzzy, for folks who like to give away advice like handing out free coffee and donuts at rest stops. What’s even funnier is when we are helping individuals who want to be paid consultants, by giving our services to them for free, and […]
Culture Before Business
Four of us, a few years back, made a pinky pact to create change in corporate America and around the world, and we formed a company to help make that change. Two years later, with several projects and one big huge beast of a project, we are now looking at ourselves and each other, and […]
