When employees are new to your organization, you know what you need to do to welcome and onboard them. Well, what about when they’ve been working for your company virtually for awhile, but now they’re...

A few Sundays ago, I went for an early morning jog at a fascinating moment. 

Some partiers were finishing the prior night’s drinks from their balcony perches (the stamina!), at the same time that eld...

Continuous improvement is about much more than efficiency — it’s a creative act! This Pecha Kucha provides an overview of how to lead projects with an innovation-based approach to get breakthrough res...

Last week I made a call out to those who are on my email list (come join the fun!), asking them to submit a people or project challenge they were facing at their organizations (think “Dear Abby”). I p...

It’s time.

It’s been a year.

I know that you don’t want to hear this, but you know I’m right.

It’s evaluation time.

It’s time to go back and intentionally evaluate the programs, projects, initiati...

Early in the pandemic every event was cancelled or rescheduled for a few months later. Oh, how naive we were!

Then events went virtual. Conferences and retreats, to concerts and weddings. The newness...

Life can feel so busy sometimes, which is especially frustrating when there are skills you’d like to develop or things you’d like to learn — but it just feels like you “don’t have the time.”

For all ...

Why do we budget our money? 

While I’m no expert on financial planning, I think it’s fair to say that when you have a limited amount of money, you want to use it wisely to have the greatest impact an...

Proms have themes. (Yuck.)

Conferences have themes. (Yay!)

Do years have themes? (Hmm…) 

I’ve heard talk recently, from people like brilliant writer and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin and others...

I'd be the first to say that Santa has his faults (a little creepy, breaks into people's homes, spies on children, etc.), but he sure has some great management advice!

Wishing you a safe and happy ho...