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If we are lucky, it is going to happen to every one of us…. Aging! Not only will we age in calendar years but our bodies and minds will age in physical years despite our best efforts. Along with these [...]
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As my friend and colleague Paul Meshanko taught me (he’s an employee engagement guru, speaker, and the author of The Respect Effect), our brains are “open loop” systems. Other internal organs, by contrast, are closed loop systems. Say I go for a run [...]
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What do employees want from their workplace? Surprisingly, although salary and benefits are crucial, employees rank a stable and supportive workplace environment as critical to job satisfaction and stability. In fact, respect may be the most appreciated workplace perk, making [...]
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Like most of us, I assumed that the ability to be innovative was somewhat innate, like creativity. If we’re left brain we’re creative and innovative, if we’re right brain we’re not. It seems I was wrong, affirming that old expression [...]
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Kids under about 7 years of age, are great. They are curious and honest. They would come up to me and want to ask questions about my wheelchair and Halo. Some of the parents would pull them away, like I [...]
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As HR practitioners and managers well know, providing negative feedback to employees is simply part of the job. The alternative – letting performance issues or problem employees fester – is a surefire way to hurt productivity and morale. When it [...]
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A lot of organizations don’t spend much time thinking about the state of their culture until a crisis comes up: employee turnover rates skyrocket, workplace accidents rise, or an internal employee survey reveals that (surprise, surprise!) employee morale is lower than [...]
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Fundamentally there is no difference between the etiquette of handling a cell phone than there is a land line. Nor is there any difference between an email and a posted letter except for the speed of delivery. When you receive any [...]
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