If you’ve been following our work over the last 20 years or so, you could skip this post (but please don’t). You know what the reference to Contented Cows is all about, and therefore…
Month: February 2017
What to do if Politics are Taking a Toll on Your Workplace Productivity
This week, I contributed to a piece Noreen Seebacher @writeNoreen wrote for CMS Wire about steps managers should take to deal with the continuing decline in productivity owing to U.S. election-related politics and governmental…
The ONE Thing that Builds Employee Engagement More than Anything Else
A young(ish) audience member came up to me at a conference I was set to speak at last year, and said, (I’m paraphrasing throughout, but not much) “Richard, I’ve read…
Helping New Leaders Stay Out of the Weeds
Nearly every day we witness or experience the net effect of people having been thrust into front-line leadership roles without being vetted for leadership capability, and without the benefit of any management…
Growing Pains - How do I Fit in Around Here?
“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs People involved in the work of any…
It's Not About the Phones
If I hear this question one more time… I won’t be surprised. “How do we get these people to get off their phones and get their work done?” First point: it’s…
Sometimes Leaders Have to Put it All on the Line
In the late 1980’s I left a very good job because I refused to follow a direct order that, though legal, was contrary to both policy and practice of the…