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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The purpose of this blog is to invite each of us to consider our personal/organizational values based on the tricky balance between achieving results and the means to get there. 

This “don’t be too honest” thinking and behavior will eventually erode any culture and organization. Perhaps even worse, it chips away at the integrity of each participating individual. It leaves a hole in their soul.

Be compassionate AND relentlessly make it easier for things of importance to get done.

I believe that BIG organization dreams have been too often connected or affiliated with the notorious Big Hairy Audacious Goals or “BHAGS.”

Why wouldn’t every commercial organization make ALL employees owners?

This reminds me that any great culture is so much defined by what happens at the front line. Thank you all you wonderful front line workers.