Learn Four Basic and Four Fun Things Re: WFA (Work From Anywhere)

Here are four basic and four fun things to learn about Work From Anywhere (WFA) culture.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 18, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, podcasts, coronavirus, WFA, WFA cultureComment

This is a Big Thank You, Mohammed

When you hang around knowledge workers (like folks in banks and colleges), it is easy to overlook and forget about the daily grinders that keep goods and services flowing for all of us.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 11, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, podcasts, sense of belonging, Uber, thanks, goods, servicesComment

Belonging: Hydrate From the Inside Out!

You may have gathered that I’m giving more intention and attention to the concept of BELONGING. This blog is a small step in explaining why.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 4, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, courage, podcasts, Belonging, hydrate, sense of belongingComment

Shake Shack Shares in its Success!

This is another great example of how attention to culture and leadership leads to outstanding results.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 28, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, courage, Shake Shack, burgers, CNN, podcasts, Danny Meyer, Randy Garutti Comment

The Culture Power of Circle Conversations

We always discover a number of things about each cohort: How human, fragile, courageous, adventurous, resilient, talented and personally adaptive they can be. Collectively, they are already extraordinary. Here’s how we do this.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 21, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, trust, Seattle Seahawks, NorQuest, culture champions, circles, courageComment

Culture of Love in a Violent Game!

Here’s how the Seattle Seahawks and coach Pete Carroll inspires people to compete to develop personal and team greatness, rather than focusing on the narrow, ever elusive short term view of simply beating the competition each week. Much of the focus is on both personal and organization purpose and meaning. We have lots to learn from coaches like Carroll.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 14, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, culture, purpose, employees, Wow, productivity, trust, NFL, Pete Carroll, Seahawks, playoffs, Seattle Seahawks

Is 2020 the Year the WFA Culture Explodes?

Happy New Year everyone! More importantly, happy new decade! It’s 2020, and every organization needs to actively promote the Work From Anywhere (WFA) Culture.

Free Holiday Gift: 20 Culture and Leadership Maxims (illustrated) E-Book

Please enjoy it, share it, stuff it in a few stockings if you’d like, and we hope it can become an extremely useful reference to all of you in a very happy New Year! Here’s to 2020, a new decade, and 20 Culture and Leadership Maxims.

Plan to Deliver a ‘WOW’ Performance in 2020

As I reflect on my 40-plus year career, I recognize the difference between the few WOW performers and frankly, the many average transactors. So, if you want to be more of a WOW employee, here are some steps you can take.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisDecember 17, 2019Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, leadership, trust, culture, purpose, customers, employees, customer service, Harvard, 10 Key Elements, Wow, Carol Dweck, Stanford

The ‘Customer First’ Sucker Punch

My strong belief is that we need to be both “people first AND customer obsessed.” Note the emphasis on the order, along with the conjunction in the phrase. We cannot give customers excellent value and experience at the expense of people. Being people first is not a matter of focusing on employees at the expense of customers either. It must be an “AND.”