So, what is Performance Improvement and why is it on everyone’s mind?

 06/30/2010

What is a motivated person? How do we recognize them? How do we define motivation? These are questions our clients ask daily. How do you elicit performance improvement from your most important asset: your people? Academic and...

Successful Onboarding

 06/16/2010

A first impression only happens once. There are no do-overs. Those first seconds, hours, days...even weeks, set the tone for the connection of your new hires to your company. How you assimilate or onboard a new staffer, has a s...

Become a Leader in Your Life

 05/18/2010

Now more than ever, people need great leaders.  Great leaders have something in common – strong self-belief.  Beliefs drive your actions and actions create results.  If you don’t believe you can lead, you’ll f...

McCelebration!

 05/03/2010

This past week, over 13,000 owners, operators and guests of the largest and most global retail food chain gathered in Orlando for a worldwide convention to share ideas, celebrate success and look at ways to improve fo...

The THUNDER Rolls

 04/30/2010

The excitement is electric in Oklahoma City as its new NBA team, the Thunder, rolls out its 50th win and are in the playoffs. Who would have predicted that the regular season would end with a record equal to the likes of the...

Building A Productive Millennial Workforce

 04/07/2010

Perhaps the most talented generation of employees, the Millennials, are entering the workforce. They are trying to figure out where your company fits in their lives. Not where they fit in your company. Engaging this generation ...

Employee Engagement through the Eyes of the Boss

 03/08/2010

No, I’m not talking about The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. I’m referring to the boss of a company or organization, the CEO. I’ve been enamored by the current CBS reality series, Undercover Boss. This series follows high-level...

Recognition as Communication

 08/28/2009

One of the highlights of my trip to SHRM in New Orleans was getting to hear Jack Welch speak.  The main theme of his presentation was increasing communication to build trust within your team.  He encouraged us to dete...

Motivating in Tough Times

 08/17/2009

There’s no doubt that times are tough for almost everyone right now. Many businesses are currently challenged with doing more with less…less resources…less inventory….less people. On top of that we go home to be continually bom...

Change (Part 1)

 06/18/2009

From the beginning of our existence, most of what’s around us was created by people for people. Step by step we transitioned from walking to riding to driving to flying to space travel. We progressed from dying of simple infect...

Change (Part 2)

 06/18/2009

Eric Hoffer said, “In times of change, learners will inherit the earth, while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” I previously wrote about something called “the re...

Sincerity

 06/17/2009

Absolutely no one sets a goal to be a hypocrite.  Some careers do seem destined to have that perception though, and Human Resources would probably rank fairly high on the list.  If you saw last year’s movie "The Dark ...