by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Healthy, Personal Development
This is the first installment of the much anticipated (at least by me) TED Tuesdays where I’ll be reviewing and recommending a choice TED Talk (www.TED.com) or other video for our mutual enjoyment and edification. Today’s installment is a talk by Dan Gilbert titled...
by admin | Jan 8, 2013 | Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Energy, Goal Setting, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity, Work Life Balance
Well here we are, at the start of a freshly minted New Year. My resolutions? I want to accomplish more. I want to feel better and more energized, and I want to find the keys to making the most of my trips around the sun on our beautiful blue planet. To that end, in...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Energy, Goal Setting, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity
Yes, it is just about time to close the books on 2012. I’ve been thrilled to help a number of you with strategic visioning and planning throughout the year and have recently taken some time to drink my own eggnog as it were – going through my own review, visioning,...
by admin | Nov 25, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Motivation, Performance Improvement, Productivity
Stop for a moment and ask yourself, “Why do I do what I do?” Why does my business exist and why should anyone care?” Simon Sinek believes that all great leaders think, act, and communicate the same way – just the opposite of everyone else. He uses as his examples...
by admin | Oct 28, 2012 | Creativity, Employee Engagement, Energy, Performance Improvement, Productivity, Work Life Balance
Here’s a riddle for you: What do sleep cycles, seasons, lunar cycles, music, tides, space-time strings, and rotation of the earth, planets, and sun have in common with outstanding, sustainable business results? The answer is rhythm. Nearly everything in the world...
by admin | Aug 5, 2012 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Goal Setting, Motivation, Performance Improvement, Productivity
A recent edition of the Mckinsey Quarterly had some rather stunning statistics. The first was that people who are fully engaged at work – mind, body, and spirit (i.e. in the zone), are 5 times as productive. As in 500% more productive! Mckinsey also states that most...
