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4 Ways to Encourage the Oddballs
This post isn’t for everyone, and it’s not for every organization. I’m admitting that from the get-go. Some folks–good folks, mind you–will read this and think it’s for the birds, and that’s fine. It...
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6 Tips for Slower Hiring
It’s a tough spot for a recruiter or hiring manager. On one hand you really need to fill that position. Work is piling up, your team is falling further and further behind, customers are getting ticked,...
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20 Things Leaders Should Say More
It’s not always some big, flowery, masterfully delivered declaration that teams need to hear from their leaders. Often it’s the little things–small phrases or statements that can change the tone and...
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16 Questions Leaders Should Ask Themselves
Just between you and the mirror… 1. Are you more motivated mostly by the drive to capture success or by a desire to serve others? 2. Do you use your grasp of internal politics as a weapon to get what...
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Workplace Professionalism vs Apparel Anarchy
Does wearing a tie, in and of itself, make someone more professional? If I weren’t such a nerd about workplace stuff, I’d be wondering where the heck this idea came from that says that one’s...
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Chance Favors the Connected Mind
Great thoughts, yes? One of the smartest guys I know and a fellow Mazuman, Christian Marcussen mentioned Steve Johnson’s idea that Chance Favors the Connected Mind while he and I were talking in my...
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5 Pieces of Passive Organizational Culture
The primary purpose of employees in a passive culture is to please the people to whom they report so as to protect their position from any potential peril. (sorry–did it again, didn’t I…) Employees...
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The Virtues of Protecting Your Culture
The feeling you get when you build a great culture is extraordinary. It creates a sense of unity, excitement, and unbelievable pride. People typically light up when they talk about a great culture — I...
View ArticleWhy Work Doesn’t Happen at Work – Jason Fried
What do you think? Is he right? Off-base?
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5 Characteristics of a Cutthroat Culture
“He exemplifies everything our culture is about. He models our core values; heck, he literally wrote the book on ‘em. This won’t come as a surprise to any of you, so without further adieu, this year’s...
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Leaders, Hymnals, and Perfect Posture
No matter how many times they explained it, it still just looked silly to me. Exasperated, they would finally give up, roll their eyes, and their faces would tell me that they were disgusted with what...
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It Ain’t All Rainbows and Unicorns
You have to at least consider the possibility that you have no idea what’s going on. We’d like to think that we do. We all like to feel like we know people, like we get people, and that we’re one of...
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10 Coworkers You Want to Kick in the Keister
There is no such thing as a perfect workplace. No. Such. Thing. Every organization’s got its own quirks and oddities. Just for kicks, here are some of the folks you’ll see around just about any...
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Leaders: Everything Means Something
There’s this weird little thing a few people have heard me say before. It’s a silly, awkwardly-constructed sentence, but it’s true nonetheless. Everything means something. Profound, yes? I think we...
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18 Things Workplaces Need, More or Less
1. More collaboration. 2. Less “collaboration.” 3. More teams that trust each other based on a mutual humanness and vulnerability. 4. Fewer teams that think because they did a trust exercise this one...
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Fit in. Or Don’t.
You can fit in, or you can stand out. You can’t have it both ways. There are scores of people and groups out there who are more than willing to describe for you to a well-crossed T how you’re to...
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Leaders Do. Together.
Countless organizations out there right now, while perhaps even appearing healthy and stable to those on the outside looking in, are dying on the inside. Morale is down. Infighting and politics are on...
View ArticleMy Top-Secret Employee Engagement Formula
“Not another post about employee engagement.” Hey, I don’t blame you for thinking it. If you do a Google search for employee engagement, I suspect you’ll come up with roughly 23,900,000 results. Give...
View ArticleHow to Lose Friends and Alienate Employees
Let’s get real. All that Dale Carnegie stuff is nonsense. What we really need to talk about is how we can lose friends and alienate teammates. The reason I say this is because not only is all this...
View Article12 Things Happy Workplaces Have in Common
People want to be happy at work. It’s really not that complicated. What does that look like? I’m so happy you asked. Happy workplaces tend to have a few things in common. 1. People Are Free to be Human...
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