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Self actualized employees
Not everybody on your team is going to be super successful. Not everyone is going to be a unicorn. But that shouldn’t stop you from …

Become the company you would want to do business with.
There’s a wonderful Chinese word, “De”, which loosely means “Virtue” or “Integrity”. Of course, it means SO MUCH MORE than that. “De” is a very …

Shared sense of purpose
Everybody knows how critical a shared sense of mission is to a team’s fortunes. Napoleon and Julius Caesar certainly knew it, and they …

Do something that matters
This is an idea that’s gotten a lot of mileage since its debut, over five years ago. It works well, of course, simply …

Think Outside The Box
To paraphrase David Ogilvy: “Most people hate to think, and will go to great lengths to avoid it”. I hear what he’s saying; it …

Building Dreams
It’s nice to have dreams. It’s what human progress is made of. As a cartoonist, I know all about it. I spend most …

what should HR do?
The future of HR is tied to culture. Who owns the culture in your organization? Marketing? The CEO? The engineers? The guys in the mail room? …

Some thoughts on positive vs. negative messaging
Back in my advertising days, it always surprised me just how much easier it was to write a negative ad than a positive one. i.e. …

Engagement Belief Emotion
According to Harvard Business review, about 85% of change initiatives inside large companies fail. Why? Because, like we’re fond of telling our culture change clients, …

Some Existential Thoughts On Employee Engagement
SOME EXISTENTIAL THOUGHTS ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: My personal mission: “To make people hate their jobs less.” My company’s mission: “To increase the engagement of …

Corporate Culture and Self Actualization
Not everybody on your team is going to be super successful. Not everyone is going to be a unicorn. But that shouldn’t stop …

Employment UX
To say that there’s a connection between customer well-being, employee well-being, and company well-being is hardly new. What IS new, is a term that my …
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