Is Burnout a Brain Injury?

When we are burned out, we end up in the danger zone that often leads to sickness and/or shutting down in some way.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 9, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Why People Hate ‘Icebreakers?’

Most people hate classic ice breakers because they are often dumb and literally silly.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 2, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Searching For and Finding a Little Light

searching for and finding joy in little things that flicker light, pokes a hole in that ever present darkness.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisDecember 26, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Check Out the Self Checkout

Replace tedious, unsafe transactions riddled with waste and design with People First in mind.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisDecember 19, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

What is ‘Productivity Theater?’

I love the arts, but it’s time to dramatically reduce the need for Productivity Theater.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisDecember 12, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Dangerous and Unmanageable Workloads Becoming the Norm?

Surely we’ve advanced from the late 1800’s? Haven’t we?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisDecember 5, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Lessons in Hockey Chemistry

To live and work well with ourselves, one another, and the earth, we need to cherish the “genuine” in each other and all things.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisNovember 28, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The BIG BOSS BULLY

We will likely need a decade to assess the impact of the “get back in the office, or else” approach of command and control CEOs.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisNovember 21, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

When the Coaches Get Fired?

Overall, a team is a reflection of its direct leadership. This is a principle that applies in all organizations, and likely most poignant in the world of sports.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisNovember 14, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

What’s the Performance VS Growth Culture Difference?

It’s important to recognize that strong growth cultures have the highest standards and expectations.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisNovember 7, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Post Surgery Reflections

There is a felt difference when an organization devotes itself to being people first. The following are examples of indicators that this principle is working well.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisOctober 31, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, Susan Scott, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs

Revisiting the 20 Littles that Become BIG

We first published the 20 Rubis Maxims back in 2019, and perhaps it’s worth a revisit nearly four years later. How are these resonating with you now?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisOctober 24, 2023Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, Susan Scott, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs

It’s the Little Things… Lots of Them!

Great cultures are made up of literally thousands of small wins, and positive storytelling that affirms desired action. Like we say, it's that easy and that hard.

Why Do So Many Workers Feel Exhausted?

I’ve stressed many times that the most important condition for high employee engagement and satisfaction is bringing value to others on a daily basis.

Work Life Mash Up Messiness

The honest challenge we all face is to move forward in a healthy, contributing way as we go about wading through life’s uncomfortable messiness.

The Tug of War at Work

So what? We need new, human centric organization models that change the work dynamic. This could include:

River Cruise Learning

And good Heavens, this river cruise reinforced for me that WE ALL could really benefit from a strong dose of Benedictine wisdom!

Lorne Rubis Answers YOUR Questions on Patreon

Patreon is a place where I can intentionally reply to AMA (Ask Me Anything) formatted questions, including but not limited to all those tricky, relatable, frustrating situations that happen at work.

The Big Lie About Work

Executives, stop this big lie. Be leaders. Model the right behavior. Your teammates, customers and shareholders will all be better off.

The Relentless SILO Disease

Great cultures make it a priority for decisions to be considered systematically. They intentionally “silo bust” all the time.