Grateful for what? Look at our world, our country, our neighborhoods. There's fear around employment...
Cat videos. I can’t believe that the best we can do with the power of the internet is fill it with c...
Know your audience. I can’t tell you how many times that advice has come out of my mouth. Very often...
Rating people is tough when you've got to put it on paper. It's one thing to talk about someone, esp...
The phrase "jump the shark" came into existence in 1977. For those of you unfamiliar with this phras...
Managers grumble about the state of their employees from time to time (shocking, I know). And while ...
When summer wraps up, there is something tangibly ending in our lives. So much effort and energy are...
Standing firm in an opinion is admirable. Standing firm in an opinion is foolishness. Which is right...
The challenge of negativity isn’t new. We fight it everyday. When we are faced with it, what is our ...
Tenacious resolve. Boy, it can be annoying. Once or twice a week, I am on a train. When I hop a trai...
Starting over sounds like fun. Remember when Billy Madison got to do all 12 years of school over aga...
Assertive versus Aggressive. Confidence versus Conceit. As a leader, we might display one over the o...
There are almost 92,000 books being sold on Amazon.com right now that contain the word "happy" in th...
Almira Gulch. What a name. It's fraught with constipation and furrowed eye brows. And while it wasn'...
It's not likely to be news that words have power. They have power to alter behavior, influence chang...
You know when you walk into your place and you see your significant other in a compromising position...
Labeling is an easy skill for most of us. Our minds have been trained to categorize and label people...
Recognition has become a discipline within HR. It is the art of providing or delivering attention to...
Wandering happens. People find that what once satisfied, no longer does. Marriages have broken up, f...
A smirky demeanor. An eagerness to deliver bad news. A willingness to be the bad guy. It’s the callo...
Is it really? I heard a woman severely curse off a Walmart Customer Service representative, while th...
People management as a career carries with it many necessary skill sets. A bit of counseling, a dash...
Try to watch “Law and Order” as if you’ve never seen an episode before. Pretend like those two Bum-B...
Managing people is a skill. Yes, there are attributes that come easier for some which allow them to ...
Dance, baby, dance. Get up and move. Shake your thing. That’s it, make it groove. Use your hips. Get...
95 years ago women earned the right to vote on a national level in the United States. On August 18, ...
Simple: When you do something wrong, say you’re sorry. Whether that action was purposeful or acciden...
Questions get asked of me often. Various employees will call, email or walk in and ask, “Do you know...
When Ross and Rachel “took a break,” the reality that the relationship might not last started to sin...
Disappointment is a tough emotion. There isn’t a way to avoid it. If you’re going to work for a livi...
There has to be a better way to handle inspiration. Doesn’t it seem that at times we ride this escal...
Tuesday nights at 8:30, you would find me on the living room floor, eating a bowl of cereal, watchin...
Go to @twitter and search for #leadership and plan on spending the next four days with no sleep read...
It cracks me up when an employee approaches me to tell me what he/she needs. I know it shouldn’t, bu...
As a parent, I have the articles and books that speak to the importance of structure in raising kids...
Positivity is so…positive. When I am referred to as the warm, huggy HR guy (stop laughing, it still ...
There is likely no more appropriate focus for business today than to deal with the idea of entitleme...
I am a sucker for a good story. Basic story-telling should grab the listener early on, keep that per...
At one point in my life, I was set to get married. I guess I should back up to explain better. I am ...
I had the opportunity to attend a RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Association) summer program during h...
“Noooooooooooooo!” That shout when one of your key employees gives his/her resignation. Two weeks, o...
Success. Love that word. Fraught with meaning. Many a dream has been realized or demolished against ...
For a brief stint, I worked as a middle school teacher. Teaching is a wonderful gift and I was delig...
Executives are pressured to be budget-minded while increasing sales and productivity. “Do more with ...
Sweet words can heal. I can recall so many times as a dad where a “boo boo” was healed more by my wo...
What can you learn from the Muppets? Lots. For those of us in a certain age group, we can recall tho...
I spoke with a business owner recently (normal, I know). He’s pretty successful in his field. He wor...
Making an informed decision seems like a good plan. I think most companies would look favorably on e...