When my younger brother and I went trick-or-treating as kids at Halloween, he was scared of ghosts. When he was very young, he had eye surgery a couple of times. All of the OR people wore white. He...
I was lying flat on my back in the grassy outfield, trying to come around. I had drifted back from my third-base position for the Little League team White Sox into shallow left field to catch a fly...
Days are getting shorter. It’s dark when I wake up and gets dark earlier in the evening. The temperatures are cooler in the mornings. The leaves are transitioning in my neck of the woods.
The...
Most studies find one benefit of a positive work culture is an increase in productivity of around 30%.
You discovered your productivity trigger last week.
Let’s increase productivity again...
My Grandfather told me stories of getting up at 4:30 a.m. to bring in the wood, put it in the cook stove, and light the fire so his mother could prepare breakfast. A sister gathered eggs laid by...
You know a positive work culture grows people and profits. You’ve read the studies that indicate the average results:
- Productivity increases by 30%
- Operating income grows 19%
- Revenue goes up...
Team relationships are among the most important assets the company you work for possesses. Easy to understand and take care of, right?
Right?
As I travel, I encounter a great deal of culture...
I was asked the same two questions in two different Work Positive coaching conversations: “How do you do everything you do?” and “Who is the ‘we’ you keep referring...
I walk in and out of our home’s backdoor daily. Evidently, I don’t really look at it.
For no real reason, I noticed how dirty the glass was in this door. It was like I saw it for...
I made a New Year’s resolution one year to start exercising regularly. I did pretty well at first, going often to the fitness center and really enjoying the time and feeling better. After a...
I watched a sandpiper scurrying around the beach looking for something to eat. -At least that’s what I thought he was doing.
But he used most of his time and energy to chase away other birds....
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale talked about how a constantly bent bow will break. The bow needs pressure released to function well.
Dr. Stephen Covey extolled the seventh habit of sharpening the saw. If...
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