Book Summary: “Thank God It’s Monday” by Roxanne Emmerich
The author's subtitle to her book is "How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love", and she addresses topics such as visioning, driving change, upping enthusiasm, and eliminating gossip. Emmerich's premise is that there are actually places where...
Lessons from a Lemonade Stand
A few weeks ago, on a sweltering Sunday afternoon, my son decided that he wanted to sell lemonade. Not wanting to stifle his entrepreneurial spirit, I agreed to help...even though it was nearly 100 degrees outside and I was pretty comfortable inside in the air...
The Formula for Success
STRIVING. PERFORMING. ACHIEVING. Those three words say a lot. When you STRIVE, you work hard and exert yourself, often against the tide of conventional opinion, competition, and your own complacency, doubts and fears. When you PERFORM, you are using your skills and...
Book Summary: “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?” by Louis Gerstner
We have been exploring employee engagement these last few months. The issue is that employee disengagement is increasing, and this is not a recent trend or one driven solely by the poor economy. Sarah Van of Raleigh Consulting Group informed me recently that more...
The Employee Engagement Crisis (Part 2)
Last month, we discussed the increasing disengagement of employees in the American workforce, some of the drivers, as well as the high cost of employee turnover. (read that article here) As further evidence of this issue, David Vogelpohl of Excellerate Solutions tells...
Book Summary: “Good To Great” by Jim Collins
Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: "Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how?" In this book, Jim Collins teaches that companies can make the leap to outperform the market leaders. And although his Good...
So You Want to Live to 100?
Related to my recent blogs and newsletter articles regarding employee engagement and the changing demographic of the American workforce, there was an interesting study published this past October in the medical journal The Lancet. The study, entitled "Ageing...
The Employee Engagement Crisis (Part 1)
I apologize. You've seen the reports and read the headlines. You may even be experiencing it first-hand. Some optimism has begun to creep into our collective conversation about the economy. Signs related to orders and production rates, the stock market at a 14-month...
Book Summary: “How to Become CEO” by Jeffrey J. Fox
In "How to Become CEO. The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization," author Jeffrey J. Fox expands on 75 factors to help a person become the head honcho, the top banana, the big cheese, the boss. I've selected 21 from Fox's list to highlight (with a...
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