At the End of the Day, It’s a People Game
In my book and keynote speech, I talk extensively about the importance of getting the right person in every chair. Why? Because at the end of the day, your organization is only as good as the people...
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If the Odds Are so Bad, Why do People Keep Buying Lottery Tickets?
One in eight Americans buys a lottery ticket at least once a week, even though the odds are not in their favor: Winning a large lottery prize: 302 million to 1 Being eaten by a shark: 264 million to 1...
View ArticleWorkers No Longer Want to Lead Others: Now What?
A survey of full-time U.S. employees who are not in a managerial position showed that only 38% say they are interested in becoming a people manager. There was a time when the title ‘manager’ meant...
View ArticleCostco’s Refreshing Reply to Unionization
When a workforce organizes, it can feel like a direct attack on leadership. Because of this, a typical response by leaders is something along the lines of unionization is futile, or we’ll never give up...
View ArticleRTO Needs to be a Magnet Not a Mandate
Plain and simple, leaders at Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) get it. After filing for bankruptcy during the COVID pandemic, the company became remote-first, allowing employees to work from anywhere, with no...
View ArticleWill Your Employees Cry Like Jason Kelce When They Retire?
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce recently announced his retirement from the U.S. National Football League (NFL). The future Hall of Famer won the Super Bowl in 2018 and spent all 13 of his years...
View ArticleBoeing’s Culture is Behind Its Demise
Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun, and many of the firm’s C-suite executives, recently announced they are stepping down. The move comes as Boeing grapples with a huge crisis – planes...
View ArticleEmployee Engagement Drops to Its Lowest Level in a Decade
Gallup recently reported that employee engagement in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. The data also shows that employees feel increasingly detached from their employers,...
View ArticleDisengaged Employees Cost Organizations $8.8 Trillion Globally
Gallup just reported that worldwide, the cost of poor management and lost productivity from disengaged employees is $8.8 trillion or 9% of global GDP. For the past decade, I’ve been saying that how...
View ArticleWant to Speed Up? Then Slow Down
Businessman Kevin O’Leary is probably best known for his starring role on the television program Shark Tank, where gung-ho entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors. So, it may...
View ArticleAre You Really Willing to do What it Takes to be a Simone Biles?
The colorful 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris just ended. As predicted in the world of sports, we saw both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. But what we saw most was thousands of elite...
View ArticleHow a Lack of Trust Stranded Astronauts in Space and Cripples Organizations
NASA announced that two astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) in the troubled Starliner space capsule may have to be rescued by Elon Musk’s upstart rival SpaceX....
View ArticleHow to Take Employee Recognition to the Next Level
According to a new report from Canva, a popular graphic design application: 56% of U.S. employees feel appreciated or very appreciated at work, 44% feel unacknowledged, and 75% of workers wish they...
View ArticleYounger Employees are Shunning Office Rules. What Can You Do?
The workplace has changed dramatically and younger generations – Millennials and Gen Zs – are becoming increasingly vocal about their expectations. Many of the customs followed by older generations...
View ArticleThe Flip-Flop Factor: Can Casual Footwear and Professionalism Coexist?
Silicon Valley billionaire Marc Andreessen has harsh advice for employees who want to bring their ‘whole self’ to work: Don’t. “Leave your full self at home where it belongs and act like a...
View ArticleCorporate Greed and the Cost of Executive Security: A Band-Aid Solution to a...
In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, companies are racing to enhance security measures for C-Suite leaders and making executive staff less visible on their websites....
View ArticleThe Power of High Performers: A Lesson from Gridiron Football
With the AFC’s No. 1 seed secured, the Kansas City Chiefs football team opted to rest their starters during the Jan. 5 regular-season finale against the Denver Broncos. Instead, the Chiefs fielded...
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