I just drove to work on a rain-soaked highway. Slippery surfaces caused traffic to slow. Or, so I thought at first. Actually the slippery surface was a condition and what actually caused traffic to slow was the reflexive good sense of the drivers responding to the condition. When we sense or perceive a lack of […]
Most efforts to enhance employee engagement remain focused on the outside—how the organization has to change in order to engage the workforce. Those efforts matter and must continue. Nevertheless, the fact remains: Employee engagement is an individual responsibility. In the end, it is the inside story that tells the tale. You can provide me the […]
Just as physical exercise strengthens the body, so also the mind is made stronger through exercise. Daily mental exertion helps make us more fit for the game of life. Two things to remember: 1) You are the sole selector of your mental subject matter; the decision to leave or to stay with any given topic is entirely […]
I recently received an email from a client, and friend, asking me the following question: “What can I do as a leader to keep folks in the “taking action” mode? Having big plans for the future is great, but life is about “taking action” and it is that part that trips us up. We have positive momentum in place, but […]
