Rewards Should Motivate
Volume XXII, Number 32 (Issue 1088) August 5, 2024 Rewards Should Motivate A recent client conversation caused me to reflect upon some important trends of the past couple of decades. Specifically, I felt the need to consider the era of “everyone gets a trophy” and its impact on current working age individuals. My sense is […]
A Personal Listening Tour…
Volume XXII, Number 31 (Issue 1087) July 29, 2024 A Personal Listening Tour… … can be priceless. For that matter, listening with the intent to understand, regardless of time and place, is priceless. Though that has universal applicability, just for today I want to focus on one group of individuals: executives, and their need to […]
Tree Meet Forest
Volume XXII, Number 30 (Issue 1086) July 22, 2024 Tree Meet Forest In the days since the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, we have heard individuals from both sides of the political aisle speak to the need for unity. One can only hope and pray our better angels will rise to the occasion. But […]
Coloring Outside the Lines
Volume XXII, Number 29 (Issue 1085) July 15, 2024 Coloring Outside the Lines Small children, as we all can attest, struggle to color within the lines. Nonetheless, they are singularly proud of their artistic efforts and cannot wait to show them to their adoring fans (aka parents and grandparents). Those same fans are equally happy to […]
Why? Why? Why?
Volume XXII, Number 27 (Issue 1083) July 1, 2024 Why? Why? Why? If you have spent time in the company of a small child, you have undoubtedly been confronted with a string of “why?” questions. Probably more than once. It is one of the great ways a child learns, demonstrating in the process an innate […]
“Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut…
Volume XXII, Number 26 (Issue 1082) June 24, 2024 “Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut… Sometimes you don’t.” It is Saturday afternoon, and I am struggling to pen this week’s missive. Perhaps it is a case of writer’s block or maybe I am simply running low on fresh topics that inspire me and that I hope […]
What Motivates You?
Volume XXII, Number 26 (Issue 1072) June 17, 2024 What Motivates You? According to research conducted decades ago by Abraham Maslow, you and I are motivated by our innate need for the following: food and shelter, safety and security, belonging to a group, praise and recognition, and self-actualization. Moreover, those motivating factors work on us […]
Top of Mind
Volume XXII, Number 24 (Issue 1080) June 10, 2024 Top of Mind What is top of mind for you today? More to the point, what is top of mind for your team? As much as you would like for you and your team to be on the same page and working in unison, is it […]
A Chilling Effect
Volume XXII, Number 23 (issue 1079) June 3, 2024 A Chilling Effect As we move from springtime storms to summer’s intense heat, the irony of including the word “chilling” in today’s title is not lost on me. Nonetheless, I cannot think of a better term to use when it comes to the impact that fear has […]
Move Toward the Light
Volume XXII, Number 22 (Issue 1078) May 27, 2024 Move Toward the Light It was the Scottish poet Robert Burns who wrote, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley.” Translation: on any given day, some things do not go as planned. More to the point, stuff happens. In Burn’s poem, a mouse loses […]