by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity, Stress Management
Anyone in a leadership position knows (or should know!) how important it is to have regular and frequent one-on-ones with each person on your team. Jessica Stillman’s article in Inc. provides a great list of questions that should be regularly asked if you want to...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Employee Engagement, Goal Setting, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Stress Management
Soma, a water filtration company has instituted several practices that I believe many teams could benefit from. Starting the Day with Meditation The Soma team starts each day with a quick huddle to focus on goals and surface any issues. That is followed by a short...
by admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Creativity, Employee Engagement, Performance Improvement, Productivity
It is interesting to see the increasing trend toward cost-efficient “bullpen” work spaces. When I started my career as a just-graduated engineer at Boeing, I was seated at a military-issue olive-green desk with a black phone, in the middle of a sea of identical desks...
by admin | Nov 20, 2014 | Creativity, Employee Engagement, Performance Improvement, Productivity
Creativity is difficult to quantify. It is often seen as a mysterious spirit that comes and goes and seems to bless some more than others. But we continue to make progress in understanding creativity, learning how we can harness it, and maximizing it for both...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Energy, Motivation, Performance Improvement, Productivity
The term “Employee Engagement” has been tossed about so much that many people have become completely desensitized to it. But the recent leadership drama at Market Basket grocery stores underscores its power and meaning in a very real way. In case you missed it, Arthur...
by admin | Jul 9, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Energy, Performance Improvement, Productivity
Communications, communications, and communications. New research shows that communication habits are the most important factor that distinguishes high performing teams from ones that are not. 90% of the Problem A few years ago I was brought in to manage and turnaround...
