While working with a client on raising employee engagement recently, I encountered the following trend: Out of 250 days of work,...

Of our 200 million workers, 75 million are estimated to be supervisors. Since only 30% of workers love their job, most of the supervisors...

The EXCUSE Commerce is truly big business. I hear business people all the time blaming someone else for what happens to them. I see...

I hope at the end of each day you take time to reflect on what was great about today, what you learned from it, and what you will pass...

Maybe it was just a fluke that nobody showed up. Apathy, nobody’s best friend must have done a number on everyone. Knowing the community...

I say sure and run over to bakery. Sunday night 6 pm, they are closed. I come back and we decide I should drive to our closest food...

It’s Friday night and I am growing excited about the Disney Institute event we are producing Tuesday. I hope the facilitators have a line...

Sitting in a coalition meeting of Project Rebound, a steering group coordinating many social service agencies for those affected by the...

Today was a great day for so many reasons. Our events are getting booked, my associate gave a great presentation to the Optimists, an...

Started teaching a course on entrepreneurship tonight and the subject turned to cash flow. We were taking about the 7 C’s of lending...

Price still has a unique role in our market. We continue to connote price with quality. American’s are in love with Apple and Apple’s...

Almost eighteen years ago, Dr. Stephen Holoviak, published Golden Rule Management .  Dr. Holoviak, a professor at Penn State University-...

Why is something that is so obvious so hard to grasp sometimes? When I mentioned casually to group of friends watching a golf tournament...

I recently was turned on to a 1984 video by W. Edwards Deming, the guru of Japanese quality and innovation. In the Five Deadly Diseases...

Innovation is hot. Everywhere is another book, publication, blog or daily tweet on the need to innovate, how to innovate, why to innovate...

“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water, after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water” is an old Zen saying regarding work. When...

What makes John Wooden such a unique coach? Why did he abruptly retire at the height of his success, and what happened to UCLA afterward?...

Today Auburn is the #1 team in the BCS football poll. Two years ago they had a losing season; last year they started strong then faded in...

The question requires a judgment as to what your organization values. Most organizations value traditional business measurements such as...

What if today was the best day of your life? Every thought you had was wonderful. Every action you took produced the best outcome. Every...