Is it just me, or did you also notice that the holiday decorations and advertising started earlier this year? Like before Halloween?

My first reaction was like one of those cartoon characters who...

There may be only one day a year devoted to giving thanks, but expressing thanks year-round and doing it well is one of the most profitable culture strategies you have.

Numerous studies reveal that...

Last Friday was my birthday. It wasn’t a decade birthday or a significant one like I can now vote, drink legally, or qualify for Medicare. (I am counting the days until Medicare though.)

It...

I’m amazed year after year by the Major League baseball teams who do and don’t make it to the playoffs and the World Series.

With all of the fat contracts and top-heavy payrolls of so...

My Grandfather told me stories of getting up at 4:30 a.m. to bring in the wood, put it in the cook stove, and light the fire so his mother could prepare breakfast. A sister gathered eggs in the...

Interruptions intrude every single day at work.

At least they do for me. What about you?

They’re uninvited, unexpected, and un

Research indicates that it takes you anywhere from 10-20 minutes...

It’s college football season. That means some ranked teams lose that are expected to win. They get upset and by teams that are unranked. 

Teams win that aren’t supposed to win.

...

I was lying flat on my back in the grassy outfield, trying to come around. I had drifted back from my third-base position for the Little League team White Sox into shallow left field to catch a fly...

Labor Day in the U.S. is this weekend. We celebrate work by taking a day off. Seems like if we really loved our work, we’d put in some extra hours instead of taking a day off. (I know....

What one word best describes what these three scenarios share?
      Many states have passed a “no texting while driving” law.
      The gallery is quiet...

How do you react when your teammates mutiny at work? Dig their heels in and say, “Ain’t gonna do it. No way. No how.”

My mentor, Ed Friedman, had a fourth positive work culture...

Today’s anxious work environment makes it hard for you to see much further than your nose. It drives you to band-aid fixes for difficult work challenges.

How’s that working out for you?...