Tag Archive from: change
How on Earth Do We Prepare Them for the Future of Work?
Today’s children are growing towards a future that many parents don’t understand. From the statistics, it is clear that many parents are encountering career challenges of their own. For example, about half of our nation’s workers now characterize themselves as “underemployed.” In most cases, these are individuals who are having […]
How Can We Have So Much and Be So Soft?
I have always been able to have conversations with friends and family members with differing political views by connecting with the morals, values, and ethics that live above politics. You know, the ones that all of us used to remember as the ideals behind our American spirit. We treasured characteristics […]
How’s Your Vision?
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Chuck Chamberlain – A New Set of Glasses In the event that […]
Just When is it Time to Let Go of the Old World of Work?
Many of us have had jobs that were richly rewarding only to turn sour from change beyond our control? It is impossible to count the number of conversations where someone tells me they wished they saw the writing on the wall more quickly. It’s just basic human nature […]
Four Days That Will Build Extraordinary Gratitude in Your Life
Thanksgiving is indeed my favorite holiday. Even the title captures the spirit of giving and growing and experiencing new versions of ourselves. There is a strange myth about giving. Unless our giving is “selfless” than it isn’t enough. Nothing could be further from the truth. One of my activities […]
Why Active Learners Own the Future of Work
Accelerating change is impacting virtually every worker, employer, and business owner. Accelerating change is making many highly educated individuals functionally illiterate. For example, in the last few years, thousands of associate attorneys didn’t envision that Legal Zoom, a cheap digital platform with a simple interface would eliminate big portions of […]
The Killer Filters – 5 ways we destroy change before it happens!
In 1990, we delivered the first Inspired Work Program, an immersive experience that has led thousands of people into turning points with their careers. We can provide this outcome in just two days. However, in the beginning, some of the programs were long. We had to find a way for […]
Why Does Employee Engagement Rely on Self-Change Skills?
“I know I can be difficult but don’t worry, you’ll change.” The Modern Workplace How many of us are conscious enough to be excited about trading in the traditional sense of security for perpetual growth? In essence, this is what the new workplace offers, as well as demands. […]
Why Does Employee Engagement Require a Democracy?
One of the fundamental reasons that employee engagement is so elusive is that we are not teaching people how to change. The underemployed and disengaged workers believe they can’t change. Others want to change but don’t know-how. As we leave behaviors from the Industrial Revolution far behind us, let’s at […]
What if the Turmoil Isn’t Political?
For many of us, turning on the news or reading posts on Facebook produces facial ticks and feelings the Apocalypse is at hand. But for those of us who work, we cannot afford to be distracted. The world is in the midst of the most extensive restructuring of work […]