If you realize your best friend is a mirror, this blog is for you. For years I watched my anxiety go up as I approached my performance...

A silver lining moment has occurred as a result of the Covid-19 shut down. In trying to “flatten the curve,” our government shut down our...

I have come to realize that a new addition to my business is a fusion of my wife’s favorite HGTV shows. In part of my consulting...

Dr. Henry Cloud, in his best-selling Boundaries for Leaders, makes a statement that drives this home.  He uses boundaries to describe the...

What is the message in the following quotes? “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.”    ...

In 1978 when Victoria Station retained Blanchard and Associates to assess our leadership team, I was the new Manager of Financial...

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Here’s a throwback tribute to  Talking Heads with a twist. Talking Hearts always make sense. #attitude #EmployeeEngagement...

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Everyone, everyone can be a CEO everyday. We can all choose to be the Chief Encouragement Officer of our organization, family, or circle....

I have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as only business. Engagement results from treating people the same way you want...

Would you rather be known as persistent or insistent? Why not both? Here’s one way to be both and have both terms be viewed as a...

While working with a client on raising employee engagement recently, I encountered the following trend: Out of 250 days of work,...

Gallup’s survey question #11 states, “Within the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress.” At first glance...

What I found inside the circles were two words, listening and encouragement. Senior management must listen to build trust and buy in. The...

Wishing you a Thumbs Up Day! Could you show up for work for a week and be totally useless? According the latest Gallop Survey of the...

Of our 200 million workers, 75 million are estimated to be supervisors. Since only 30% of workers love their job, most of the supervisors...

Times have changed. Breakfast is rarely a family event and eating something to settle the caffeine beverage is more the norm. We seem to...

Employee engagement is raised whenever you encourage employee development and/or when you let people know their opinion matters. A great...

Goldsmith, a preeminent executive coach and thought leader, suggests 20 habits most successful people need to break in order to move to...