I feel for mid-level managers. They're like my middle child in our family. He gets forgotten about. The older sibling will go through a...

My wife and I both work. Thus, we have stuff and things we're responsible for at work and at home. And we have three kids. They all go to...

Spring is here. Meaning that, at least in the midwest, we're closer to warmer days ahead - even if there might still be flurries in the...

"Don't screw it up." A former manager said this to me many years ago after he told me I was receiving a promotion in the company. He...

I was faced with a big dilemma last month. I was with my nine-year old son, teaching him to ski for the first time. I made a wrong turn...

Time gets a bad wrap. We’re always blaming Time for not getting things done. Time’s close cousin, Busy, also finds a way to get into the...

I have to admit, I'm a big fan of Ben Franklin's saying "A place for everything and everything in its place." At home, my self-diagnosed...

Fall is one of my favorite times of year. The leaves are changing. It gets darker earlier. Kids then go to bed earlier. And I get to eat...

We all can agree that performance and productivity are critical to teams in the workforce. However, where leaders can struggle is...

Contrary to what many of us think, employees really want to receive more negative feedback from their leaders than they are actually...

We live in a world that seems to only ask, “What have you done for me lately?” You see this in sports as coaches and players who were...

When we make a bad hire, we often look at the hire and not ourselves. We blame their lack of progress or lack of connection with the team...

If I asked you to think about your favorite company brands, it probably wouldn’t take long to come up with a solid list. Giants like...

How about this stat to start your day: "Only one-third of managers could correctly identify their firms’ top three priorities, a survey...

Trying to organize all the "to-dos" for new hires can be overwhelming for both hiring managers and HR. And when things start to feel...

When the topic of employee performance comes up with leadership teams, I typically hear two challenges: Challenge #1. The process is too...

I've been known to use the word "why" like my three-year old. "Why did you start your business?" "Why do employees work here?" "Why do...

When people ask what I do for a living, I can go into a very lengthy explanation of my roles with company culture and leadership. When...

I have the pleasure of meeting with a lot of great companies. One company that I met with recently took me on a tour of their newly...

Morpheus was right; The Matrix is all around us. But the matrix I’m talking about isn’t controlled by cyber-intelligence harvesting...