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The Soul is Everything

There once was a very successful marketing executive. He had a lovely wife and four small children, fabulous home and income. But, he wasn’t happy.  He didn’t connect with his company’s soul – its...

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What is Life Expecting from Us?

This question continues to haunt me, “What is life expecting from us?” To learn what life is expecting of us, we need to listen with more of our senses, we need to be fully present. When we look and...

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Life’s Expectations

  “It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.” Recently, in re-reading Viktor’s Frankl’s autobiography, A Man’s Search for Meaning, I discovered the...

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Someday I’ll – (aka. – the land of  Someday Isle)

There is a strange place that I often go It doesn’t take much imagination In fact, it actually allows one to hold back on taking action on dreams and goals   Someday,  I’ll stop and play, when I am not...

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Life is like the Weather –It Changes

Just when I thought that I had everything planned perfectly, the day changed.  The weather forecast was for snow. Well, I traveled from the North (NEPA) to DC thinking that I was leaving the weather...

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Happiness – One of the Top Employee Engagement Motivators

Did you know that according 2010 Gallup Employee Engagement Survey – “Lost productivity of actively disengaged employees costs the U.S. economy $370 billion annually“?  Research is showing over and...

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Some Shortcuts Are Dead Ends

It is always exciting to find a shortcut, especially one that saves time and aggravation. There is a great feeling in missing three blocks of traffic by making a quick turn you never knew existed....

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The Value Of Lessons Learned

A lot can be learned from listening to sports coaches when they talk about not getting too high over a victory or too low over a loss.  Everything has to be kept in perspective. In business, mistakes...

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Motivation One-on-One

People on a team, even a small, collaborative team, may not be motivated by the same things or in the same way. A leader can give a rousing motivational talk that she thinks she has hit out of the park...

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Forces that Alter Destiny

Strategy and planning are a big part of business.  Defining and declaring a clear vision for a company is a big step, but not the only big step in business success.  Management retreats are a common...

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Keeping Employees Focused on True North

How many small team meetings have you attended where leadership has allowed the conversation to go off topic and then off agenda in a heartbeat? One thought leads to another and then another, and...

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What Do Employees Say Outside of Work?

Your employees seem happy. You haven’t really noticed any major discontent. But what are they saying to their family? Their friends? When was the last time you paid attention to the values you espouse...

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Were They Stressed When You Hired Them?

Employees that interview well and ultimately get hired show enthusiasm, confidence and engagement. They are not a bundle of stress and anxieties. Who wants to hire and deal with that?  Yet a glance...

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When Times Get Tough, Will Culture Make or Break the Company?

Those that join the military learn quickly about unit discipline.  All of the toughness and craziness of basic training is designed to get soldiers to respond to certain situations that the drill...

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Too Much Bluster – Too Little Breadth

Every company wants to put its best foot forward, be it in the public eye, or in individual sales situations.  Talk is around the strengths, the unique features, all of the things that make the company...

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When It Comes to Culture, Who is the Tail and Who is the Dog?

Organizational culture is a hot topic- finally. Numerous books, scholarly papers and blogs and articles are being written about it regularly.  Down in the trenches of businesses large and small, it is...

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Don’t Rely on Fixes – Rely on Champions

As everyone knows, the economy has not been great, especially for middle market and small business. Leaders are constantly looking for ways to fix what they perceive as broken in order to get over the...

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Build a Culture of Employees Who Work For The Love of It

Founders and leaders of companies may find it easy to work for the love of it.  Their time spent creating an idea that becomes a company is full of passion and love. They have a strong sense of pride...

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Set Boundaries – Not Bars

We have lived through the age of process improvement as Nirvana.  We have discovered that checklists are great but they are not the whole answer.  Efficiency and productivity are very important, but...

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Beware of Knee Jerk Leadership

Leaders are people too. They react to triggers, they get their buttons pushed just like everyone else.  But one of the competencies that a leader is supposed to have is the ability to ignore it when...

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