Do you know what motivates you?  Is it the thrill of adventure?  Is it making a difference in the life of someone else?  Is it professional accomplishment?  Is it fame?  Fortune? If you answered, “I don’t know”, then we have some work to do.  You need to wake up and start paying attention to what […]

     I recently attended the Society for Human Resources’ national convention.  While I was there, I reviewed a study by a company called Achievers.  It was designed to see if CEOs and HR professionals really knew what employees were thinking about three key factors in employee retention: feedback, recognition, and managerial communication.  The results […]

     I know you’re thinking – “What a lame clique!”  Not jaded much, are we?  Every cloud really does have a silver lining IF you choose to look at it that way.  Bad things are going to happen.  Let’s take the worst possible – the death of a loved one. How could THAT have […]

Almost everything we do requires communication with someone else – employees, co-workers, customers, loved ones.  When we send our message out, we are convinced it is clear and that we are obviously right.  Ha, I say! I think in general we are pretty lousy communicators, and here are the top mistakes we make:  1. We […]

     If there was one thing that could change your life for the better, just one factor that could impact everything, would you work hard to develop it?  Really?      There IS one thing – discipline.  Self-control.  I know, I say it like it’s easy. But I think we have allowed the importance of […]