2021: Mutate or stay the same?
What will you change in 2021? Take time to reflect on your connections, your meetings and the questions you ask
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MacDonald’s teeth and the limbic lag: Rewiring an employee’s brain
Habits don’t change because we say they must (ask MacDonald’s). Brains must be rewired. Engage your employees’ limbic systems and literally change their minds
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A four-day work week? Why not?
A four-day working week is perfectly possible if we manage output instead of time spent. But what does output look like?
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Reconnecting the disconnected: Three choices
This is a unique time of interconnectedness, yet, we are living in a time of profound disconnect. Make connection intentional through these three choices
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Truth and Lies: It’s empathy that communicates
How can the president of one of the most powerful nations on earth tell some 20,000 lies and still grow his support? Three questions to engage your team
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Three questions to help your team become more productive
Productivity is not an accident; it emerges from a commitment to planning and effort. Here are three questions to help engage your team on the journey
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Employment contracts: Welcome don’t overwhelm
Our detailed, legalistic contracts suggest we don’t trust you, and you probably shouldn’t trust us. Learn to write contracts that welcome new employees
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Supervisors: Don’t throw them in the deep end
The most difficult promotion is from team member to team leader or supervisor. Give your supervisors and managers the training and support they need
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Nine workplace lies: Finding a better way
Nine lies about what employees care about and look like and what (we think) they need. Dipping into Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall’s new book
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Operating instructions: Employees as machines
Employees should not be treated like machines. But we should not give them less attention and respect than we give to the machinery we depend on.
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