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Why You Are the Average of the Five People You Spend the Most Time With
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you. -Misty Copeland Inside each and every one of us, there is the DNA of highest good, of optimum living and our greatest giving, How do […]
I DON’T HAVE TIME: The Newest Killer of Change
It takes a certain degree of courage to change one’s life. I know this because I have observed thousands of people make life-changing decisions and all the themes that become part of the journey from dissatisfaction to fulfilling their deepest career ambitions. In 1990, I designed The Inspired Work […]
Kill Off Change? Why Bother?
4th in a series – “How We Routinely Kill Off Change.” We use five filters to kill off change. Thus far, I’ve shared three: Cynicism Contempt Aimlessness My point is that change, especially self-change usually inspires various types of filters to become active and block the way […]
The Shocking Reason Many Stand at the Sidelines
3rd in a series in How We Kill Off Change & Engagement: Welcome to Aimlessness. In today’s world, there is an epic to-the-death fight taking place between many of our people and change. Thus far, change is winning every round. One of the reasons average organizations have such dismal […]
How To Kill Change On-The-Spot
Yesterday, we published an introduction regarding how we use four “filters” to kill off change. All of these filters are driven by fear of change. The first one is cynicism. I’m sure we can find that in our culture. It is the filter we use to slowly talk us out […]
Five Filters That Kill Personal Change
Successful people take more risks, they usually have had more failures than others and most of them are used to the experience of fear. The biological point of fear is to take action. Only a small percentage of us have been properly trained in how to respond to fear in […]
This Book is Cooked!
13% global work engagement isn’t a business problem, it is a tragedy that impacts our families, our customers and virtually every aspect of our lives. The vast majority of employee engagement initiatives produce mediocre results or fail altogether. In 2008, we began working with University of Southern California […]
The Great Sales Disconnect – Why some people don’t even sell themselves
There is a huge disconnect between what constitutes old and new sales techniques. Drawing healthy and effective attention to ourselves is one of the most crucial skills of thriving in the modern world. It is more of a skill library than one single ability and it includes being able […]
Is Generational Differences a Racket?
Every decade or so, a new marketing phenomenon hits the talent development field. I promote any idea that produces learning and growth. However, generational differences, in my mind, is becoming foolishness. In many cases, it supports rather than dismantles bias. It is often manipulative and confusing. Yesterday, a very […]
When Human Resources Ought to Keep Their Bags Packed
Pretty scary title? Well, this story can have an even more uncomfortable outcome. There is a pattern that goes on all of the time between CEOs and the Chief Human Resource Officers. I’ve encountered the pattern in my work with a sizable number of chief human resource executives as individual […]