We recorded this right as Kelly Clarkson went viral. But the Internet happens so fast, we are dropping this episode early because it went Mega Viral®. Is your team ready for YOUR Kelly Clarkson moment? (The latest news on X, as of this episode dropping, can be found here.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or …
Dealing with employees who … R.I.P. (Regrettable Retention)
Ever had an employee quit … and forget to leave? How to identify the mentally checked out … how to “re-recruit” … how to avoid the Longevity Trap … all this and more in this episode. Shout-out to Mike Judge’s “Office Space:” worth a watch if you can handle a few naughty bits. Interested in coaching or training on these …
Accountability is a 2-way street (… but who’s driving?)
An episode recorded for some of our clients: If you want accountability in your workplace, you need these three elements … and then you must add the fourth element. At the risk of sounding like clickbait, it may surprise you. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …
“That’s just how I am.” Authenticity is not a hall pass!
One of the earliest examples of DISC? Shakespeare’s” “Julius Caesar!” Personality preferences are not an excuse for a lack of integrity. Brutus, Shakespeare’s noble assassin, points the way. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. Apple Amazon Spotify
The 2 things that make you the obvious choice for promotion
(Sure, the hands are terrifying, but go with us on this one–AI could only do so much.) What is the best way to get promoted in any organization? There are two answers. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. Spotify Amazon Apple
Past your prime? Nope, you can go “strength to strength.”
Professional decline can begin earlier than most people expect. But the real danger is not decline itself. The danger is failing to recognize that we need to change how we create value. (Thanks to Arthur C. Brooks for the excellent content.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! …
“There is no limit” to this behavior–but there are ways to guard against it
What do the Watergate Scandal, the Bible, two modern business books and the International Coaching Federation have in common? They can all help you defeat the behavior that tempts us all. (Shout-out to Josh Wink for our acid house tangent toward the start.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear …
Gen Z wants you to help them make friends
You can teach five conversational habits that give your Gen Z employees what they want: more chances to connect with people. They need friends. You need a great customer and coworker experience. Get both. The Harris Poll we mention Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike …
Woke 1, Woke 2? What’s next after cancel culture?
They Might Be Giants are the USA’s greatest rock band. (Mark said so.) An early lyric of the band gives us a window into hipsters, millennials and cancel culture. But the UK’s best comedy mind (Mark said so) David Mitchell points to a different path. Can our workplaces use his insight before it’s too late? Interested in coaching or training …
Without this, you are doing continuous improvement wrong
The closest English translation is probably self-reflection. But that definition doesn’t really do it justice. Hansei isn’t sitting around thinking about your feelings. It isn’t beating yourself up about something you did wrong. And it definitely isn’t the corporate ritual where everybody sits around a conference table after a bad month trying to figure out who screwed things up. Hansei …