5 Reasons Your Great Idea Isn’t Working
When you’re running full speed ahead with a great idea, be sure to look back over your shoulder to see who’s with you. A Great Idea My staff team had a great idea. They were buzzing with excitement. We needed some fun recognition to inspire call center...
Comebacks: Lessons From The Boston Marathon
A conflicted happy-sad feeling welled up in me as I drove to church this Easter Sunday. I was listening to NPR recount comeback stories from the 2013 Boston Marathon. Thousands of human beings racing back toward the scene of one of the most horrific days in their...
27 Experts On Employee Engagement: April Frontline Festival
April’s frontline festival is on one of my favorite topics: Employee Engagement. We have a wonderful line-up of posts. We begin with this month’s graphic from Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx LLC (see below). Practical Engagement Practices Jesse Lyn Stoner,...
5 Ways To Make Your Meetings More Productive
I texted my colleague: “do you think we both need to attend the 3pm meeting?” He quickly shot back: “Karin, I don’t think anyone needs to go to that meeting. Don’t worry, I’ll represent both of us.” And there we were two...
How To Ensure Your Greatest Fears Come True
When you think about what it would take to do that extraordinary leap you are contemplating, what’s really stopping you? What t are your greatest fears? When Your Greatest Fears Make Your Greatest Fears Come True After a hectic, but fun, Saturday morning of...
5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Teamwork
If your team has as much teamwork as a box of crayons without a child to guide them, don’t blame them. Consider what you may be doing to inadvertently sabotage their teamwork. 5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Teamwork Insisting On A Team That Doesn’t Make...9 Ways To Be A Positive Force In A Negative Workplace
My German Father-in-law would call trying to fix this negative workplace, Furzen gegen den Donner, farting against thunder. I’ve got to admit, the description I got on the other end of the phone was pretty bad: little to no recognition, development, or teamwork...
Becoming an Entrepreneur: Lessons From My First Week
Early Impressions on the Road from Verizon Executive to Becoming an Entrepreneur As the regular readers of my blog know, I’ve recently left my job as a Verizon Wireless executive to pursue my entrepreneurial dream. I’ve received so many wonderful notes and...
