Is the Office Birthday Party Alive and Well?

Similar thinking moves leaders and organizations more towards hospitality behavior that satisfies and replenishes, rather than force feeds.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJuly 30, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Three Strikes & NOT Out!

People who get in the game try, fail, try, fail, and always learn. They continuously propel forward to make themselves better.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJuly 23, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Let’s Bowl Together Again

Enlightened organizations measure employee engagement, well-being, retention, and facsimile metrics. The very best also measure organizational cultural health.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJuly 16, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Slang and Next Gen Workers

Being aware of how language/slang is used and intended, builds understanding between generations.

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

‘Inside Out’ in the Workplace

Interestingly, a large number of adults of all ages are showing up for Inside Out 2 in theaters. Curious as to why?

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

Forgiveness in Work (And Life)

Advancing oneself and others comes from forgiveness. Yet, the act of forgiveness seems allusive or even counterintuitive. Why?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJune 25, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Problem with ‘Carewashing’

Each employee's circumstance is so unique in place/time/context, that it may not even be possible to develop ubiquitous care support arrangements. One size fits all doesn’t work.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJune 18, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Hurting Myself Today at Work

I’m sharing this because it seems we have way too many people in pain around us. Too many of us are hurting alone.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJune 11, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

I Want to Know Your Story

I’ve often said that if I had ONLY ONE strategy to use, I’d have every person in an organization meet in mixed groups of 15 to 20 people, for one to two hours to simply share their personal stories.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJune 4, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Fighting Well and Great Cultures

My observation is that successful teams really find a way to fight well as a constructive norm.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 28, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Organization Culture Change and Open Space Technology

Imagine bringing a group of people together and applying these principles. For buttoned down executives, it was as uncomfortable as hell in the early 90’s and still would make a lot of them squirm today.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 21, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Oilers’ Remind Us to Have Your Teammates’ Back

In order to have a winning culture, you need to know your teammates will support you this way. This is the understanding that when facing difficulty, your colleagues and/or leaders will come to your defense.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 14, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Frying Pan Goodbye

People leave work for many reasons. In almost every case, the person leaving and people staying have gained something together. Why not acknowledge that?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 7, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Why Lock People In?

Invest in conditions that encourage people to stay, contribute and flourish, rather than legislation or tools to force them to stick around.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisApril 30, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Should We Trip Out Together at Work?

I guess this makes the mystical wish to find a magic pill for business success somewhat literal?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisApril 23, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Dirty Water Hot Dog Theory

Regardless of our industry or market, engaging team members to provide unreasonable service to a “customer of one” is a mindset and strategy worth pursuing!

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisApril 16, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Details Make ALL the Difference

The more I watch difference makers in action, the more I appreciate the people that can live both in strategy and detailed tactics at the same time.

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

Wasp Therapy to Test Courage in the Workplace

A company (who you all know) uses wasps to test strength of character.

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

Reflecting on the Death of My Dear Friend

Through it all though, his unwavering North Star of family, love, fun and joy made him totally magnetic. We just wanted to be in his orbit so that we could be part of the dance.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 26, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Should Netflix Change its Culture Values?

When executives see examples of entitlement, they risk overreacting with rules to tighten the ship.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 19, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance