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Recommitment With A 2 Month Head Start (Part 1 of 3)
October 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Photo by American Baking Company on Flickr. The season is close. If you think I'm referring to the Christmas commercial season, I am not. That has already started. The Hallmark Channel just promoted that they were going to begin the Countdown to Christmas next week?! Seriously? We haven't even celebrated Halloween yet?! I digress. The season I'm referring to is the "eating season". I did not come up with this term. I first heard it from Dane King, an expert in the wellness industry. In the interest of full disclosure, Dane is also my 1st cousin. He says that the eating season begins…
Millennials: They Want Engagement, Not Entitlement
October 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Photo by Ted Eytan on Flickr Without completely giving my age away, let's just say that I am slightly removed from the Millennial generation. That is to say, I am at the tail end of Generation X. Given the fact that most of my friendships and professional relationships are with Gen Xer's, I have not had a lot of direct experience with Millennials as it pertains to their professional lives. The complaint I hear from just about everyone including clients is that they have an entitlement problem. They want the top job and top money but don't want to work for it.…
At What Point is the “Human Element” Needed? (Part 3) – Intense Pain
June 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Photo by Stefson on Flickr Some have told me that real change doesn't happen in someone's life until the pain of keeping the status quo hurts more than the pain of changing ones habits. I am sure we have all experienced this phenomenon at some time. As it relates to the "human element" of ones organization, it is the point where the culture is so broken, so toxic that change must happen immediately and intensely. Not addressing the culture means the company will likely perish. The first "to-do" in this situation is the leader must own the problem. They must address all of their employees…
Changing The Culture: The Employee Opinion Survey
May 21, 2015 | Communication, Leadership, Trust, Uncategorized
Photo by David Bosshard on Flickr [embed]https://youtu.be/9uwZVyptIIE[/embed]
MYTH: Companies cannot do business with the federal government if they aren’t connected politically to the party in power.
