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6 Tips for Learning to Speak Like a Pro
I’ve been speaking professionally now for about a decade. I enjoy telling new people I meet that I’m a professional speaker because they often react as if they’ve just discovered an alien species. It’s...
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5 Reasons I’m Looking Forward to #WorkHuman
Next week, I am headed out to speak at and attend the WorkHuman conference in Austin, TX. While I am always excited when given the opportunity to speak, I’m really looking forward to this event for a...
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Embracing the Yin and Yang of Human Experience at Work – #Workhuman
Last week, I had the privilege to speak at and attend Workhuman. It is a remarkable event hosted by the visionary people of Globoforce. I feel privileged to have been a part of it this year. This is...
View ArticleTalking about Gender at Work
I’ve been thinking a lot about gender equity in the workplace lately. I’m sure many of you have been as well. There is so much work we need to do. This is an issue that I’ve been called to for some...
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6 Tips for Graduates (and anyone else) about Succeeding at Work
It’s that time of year when videos of famous people giving commence addresses start showing up in our Facebook and news feeds. Most are full of inspirational platitudes about how these young people can...
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Calling for a Retreat
In my June newsletter, I shared that my wife, Angie, and I had a “retreat” scheduled. For those who may not know, Ang is not only my life partner but is also my business partner. This quest to make...
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Relationships and Accountability
If you’ve been following my work over the past couple of years, you know that I’ve been evangelizing the message that “work is a relationship, not a contract.” Because employees experience work this...
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Does your company discourage vacations?
A few weeks ago, I had an interesting chat with my Lyft driver on the way to the airport in San Francisco. He was a career business development professional who uses Lyft to supplement his income. Our...
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Designing Employee Experience (A “How To” Series)
As I’m seeing more and more discussion about employee experience, I’m not finding a lot of content about how to activate and do the work. The reason I’m so bullish about the concept of employee...
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Making the Invisible Visible with ONA
Well over a decade ago, I walked into a session at a conference in Tucson, Arizona. I wasn’t sure exactly what the session was going to be about, but it sounded interesting. The presenter was a...
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Wellness 2.0
About eight years ago, I joined an organization that was pretty serious about workplace wellness. Since the wellness team rolled up to me as the HR leader, I got pretty serious about learning what it...
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The Blindspot in Employee Engagement
A couple years ago, as my wife and I were returning home from an employee engagement conference where I had spoken, she said something to me that I didn’t fully understand at the time. I remember it...
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Technology’s Evolving Role in HR #HRTechConf
The HR Technology Conference has become one of my favorite events of the year. It’s a great opportunity to get a feel for the broader trends in HR and work. Each year, I try to take in a few sessions...
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An Underutilized Tool for Engaging Employees
Among my first jobs out of college was as a third-party recruiter. At that time, there was no LinkedIn, so your success depended on making cold calls. And, I’m not talking about a just a few—it was 50...
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Why Performance Management Still Sucks
I’ve spent a large part of the last year writing a book about performance management. One of the big questions I wrestled with was “how did we get this so wrong?” That question isn’t all that hard to...
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Words of Gratitude
In the work relationship, few things are more powerful or important than appreciation and acknowledgment. Knowing that someone recognizes our efforts and cares that we showed up each day is vital. And...
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Words of Gratitude #2: Start with the Most Important (A Love Letter to my Wife)
Note: I’m writing a note of gratitude on the blog each day in November leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My hope is that these posts will inspire you to do the same. Write an email, Facebook...
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Words of Gratitude #3: Remembering My Roots
Note: I’m writing a note of gratitude on the blog each day in November leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My hope is that these posts will inspire you to do the same. Write an email, Facebook...
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Words of Gratitude #4: The Gift of Grandparents
Note: I’m writing a note of gratitude on the blog each day in November leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My hope is that these posts will inspire you to do the same. Write an email, Facebook...
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Words of Gratitude (#5) to my mentor, Cy Wakeman
Note: I’m writing a note of gratitude on the blog each day in November leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. My hope is that these posts will inspire you to do the same. Write an email, Facebook...
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