Maddie and I worked with a client last week on the topic of member engagement, and one of the insights that was particularly useful to this group was the idea that engagement is a two-way street. When we think about e ...
The launch date for our new book is rapidly approaching! And as part of the launch, we are offering some special deals for organizations that are interested in bulk orders. We have produced a PDF flyer describing the ...
Or, at least, you shouldn't be. On Tuesday I posted about a great article on LinkedIn about a company that gives its employees a MINIMUM number of vacation days they must take each year. They do this because they care ...
Everyone knows that the speed of change has gone through the roof these days, but that's not precisely what I'm talking about when I suggest you're falling behind. I'm talking about management. I don't think people re ...
Everyone knows that you have to set goals in order to be successful, right? There are data to back up that assertion. I don't remember the exact source now, but I remember hearing a study that saw a correlation with sign ...
We had a particularly cold week last week here in the D.C. area--down into the low teens at night and highs in the 20s. That's not normal for this area, where high temperatures, even in January, average above 40 degrees. ...
...the first thing you do, is stop digging. Don't get in the way of your own progress. Your own behavior is actually the piece of the puzzle over which you have the most control, so take advantage of that. When faced ...
On the last day of 2014, I made the mistake of getting a prescription filled. I didn't intend to do it that day. That just happened to be the day I went to the doctor and he called it in to my local CVS. I showed up at t ...
I wasn't expecting 2014 to be a real transition year (I thought that's what I had last year, actually, when I went back out on my own), but as soon as Maddie and I decided to launch a joint consulting firm together (Cult ...
One of my idols is Gary Hamel, and he declared this year that bureaucracy must die. I'm sure he'll get a lot of support for that sentiment, since we have been hating bureaucracy since we invented the word (it has ALWAYS ...
