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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 […]
How Great Role Models Educate Our Souls
News of bright lights passing is sad. But, for the ones that live in the light, gratitude quickly follows for their lives, which have given us nothing less than literacy of the soul. I never met Elijah Cummings, but every time he stood up, I could see a man […]
Burn All The Boats – How one sole breadwinner transformed his career
Four years ago, Dave Roth walked into the Inspired Work Program. He was confident, handsome, a father, and a marketing executive with a significant digital brand. One of his colleagues told him how the Inspired Work Program impacted his career. Early on, he said he didn’t know what to expect […]
Does Your Tribe Support You or Own You?
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche My closet is filled with costumes. […]
When Someone Does the Work – Tell Them
Once in a while, a client or friend gives an acknowledgment that makes me speechless. I started working with a brilliant talent executive at Disney almost 20 years ago. We designed a leadership program that continues to be used at the company today. I’ve worked with this guy through […]
How Will Courage Skills Change Our Lives?
“How can you say such hurtful things about people? Words Matter! Seriously, how do you sleep in your car at night?” Triumph the Insult Comic Dog As my pal Triumph has often shared, words do matter. I’ve observed that the biggest breakdown with our intention to succeed shows up […]
The Words & Phrases That Cut Your Power in Half!
When the late and great Toni Morrison accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature, she said, “We die. Perhaps that is the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” So how is our society doing in terms of language representing the measure of […]
What is this Century’s Single Most Important Change in Work?
“Want to become a billionaire? Then help a billion people. The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” Peter Diamandis – Co-Founder, X-Prize The American spirit was founded on optimism and that, my friends, is vastly different than hope. Hope requires no action at all. The famed […]