The B.I.G. Secret You Should Know About Retaining Top Talent

Jun 8, 2015 | Leadership

  3 Tips to Inspire Your Team During Meetings When your team comes in on Monday morning and sits down at their desks, do they really want to be there? If you want your team to enjoy their careers, consider providing them something more impactful than a paycheck,...

3 Leadership Lessons from LeBron James

Jun 4, 2015 | Leadership

  Winning Spirit Born Out of Mistakes; Persistence is Example For All It’s LeBron James’ world, and we’re all merely spectators. The league’s undisputed best player is on the precipice of playing in his fifth consecutive NBA Finals, starting Thursday night...

5 Habits of Intrinsic Brands

Feb 23, 2015 | Leadership

  Digging Deeper to Compare Intrinsic Vs. Extrinsic Value Last October, I wrote an article for Fast Company on the hidden leadership trait of intrinsic value. Since that article was published, I have continued to dig deeper into the comparisons of intrinsic vs....

Are You Making Your Employees Stupid

Jan 21, 2015 | Leadership

Organizations’ Most Important Asset — Their People Let’s face it: We’re all guilty of making assumptions on what keeps our employees engaged. Talent managers often complain about top performers losing enthusiasm for the job or tenured employees who seem to be...

9 Recipes to Achieve Change that Sticks

Oct 13, 2014 | Leadership

Stop the Bending of Behavior Through Leadership Transparency Today’s news is blanketed with stories of athletes, politicians and leaders who have bent the boundaries of behavior. Take, for example, the issues plaguing the NFL and some of its superstars,...

Rid “Elephants” From Your Office

Oct 8, 2014 | Leadership

Understanding Conflict Leads to Healthier Workplace Teams We use the metaphor “elephants in the office” to describe those who provide dysfunction to our teams in the workplace. These are the employees who have often been around for some time. The...