The Language of Organizational Life
"Hi Coach." As I turn around I look up to see a young man smiling back at me. He was one of the kids I coached in Little League baseball over four years ago. The event was a reception at my son's high school. My youngest just graduated from high school with plans to attend college back east. The... Continue Reading →
Why do we work five days a week? We all grew up with the five-day workweek as standard practice. We roll into work on Monday, work uphill to Wednesday, then work down the other side of the mountain to Friday afternoon. Our weekend, Saturday and Sunday, are a time of rest ... well that is the theory.... Continue Reading →
Recently I was returning to San Francisco from Washington DC and was waiting in the airport terminal with time to kill. Too tired to read and saving my music for the plane, I sat and watched people come and go. You never know when inspiration or something of interest will come your way. Indeed as I... Continue Reading →
Note: Each Thursday I will post a little something to inspire us to finish the week strong. These Thursday Thoughts will be a quote, poem, piece of music, artwork, or inspirational video. Congratulations, you made it over the hump and let's finish the week together. This past week on the On Being Podcast (highly recommended), I... Continue Reading →
Employee engagement, all the rage. Corporate America is all over it starting with Human Resources, behaving as they discovered that next great thing, to senior leaders talking the talk and measuring results. Everyone expecting improvement, big improvement. Yet, no profound change. The level of disengagement for American workers remains high. The Gallup organization, the highly respected polling and... Continue Reading →
"It had a great color palette. Kodachrome had more poetry in it, a softness, an elegance. With Kodachrome you take it out of the box and the picture is already brilliant." - Steve McCurry as told to Vanity Fair Magazine I remember using Kodachrome film years ago. My pictures were alive with a depth of color. There... Continue Reading →
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