This week’s podcast introduces what I call Appreciative Performance Reflections as a powerful alternative to traditional, check-off-the-goals, performance reviews. Over the previous weeks, I discussed some of the problems with the annual, checklist performance review, and explored some of the…
Looking for a no-cost way of doubling employee engagement, improving productivity, and spurring innovation. If you’ve been giving your employees feedback – even positive feedback – you’ll want to listen to this episode. Note: If you’re using Firefox, you may…
Over the past couple of weeks, clips from a video in which Jon Stewart effectively skewers Donald Trump for being a “man baby” made the social media rounds. It was part of a much longer conversation hosted by David Axelrod…
Okay, the headline applies to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area in Southern Ontario, Canada, but I’ll bet the per capita numbers are probably about the same in your local area. A new report from CivicAction, “an independent and nimble…
Managing in the 20th century was complicated. I mean, really complicated. There was so much going on among customers and supply chains and plants and distribution centres and you-name-it that it was a challenge to keep track of it all….
Tactility is the new Vision My partner is a renowned and recognized expert in consumer insight. She tells me that the key to successful marketing is to understand the often unspoken need, want, or desire among consumers, irrespective of whether…
The summary: The Blue Jays came back from 8 games behind in July to lead the American League East by 6 by the end of the regular season. How? The trigger seemed to coincide with acquiring two players – David…
“I realized that the more fun I had, the better I did.” So says actor Bill Murray in an interview posted on Business Insider. To be sure, for any of us in almost any profession, the more fun we can…
“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time, it’s enemy action.’” Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger may be more menacing in his notice of repeated occurrences. For me, once is a notice. Twice…
