"What are words for? When no one listens anymore." The early 1980s song "Words" from Missing Persons aptly sums up today's growing epidemic: the lost art of listening. Listening is a powerful [...]
One approach I took was to use an avatar (or cartoon character) as a champion or change agent along the journey. In this case, the avatar represented the target audience undergoing the change. We [...]
While companies might say engagement is a top priority, often times their office spaces send the opposite message. But seas of cubicles with scattered closed-off conference rooms are a mainstream [...]
Involving employees from the beginning can have a number of benefits including an uptick in leadership trust, engagement, innovation, productivity and the bottom line.
As leaders rise through the ranks, it’s easy to become so engrossed in the bigger picture items (not to mention the politics). Memories of work life on the front lines fade over time. Ultimately, [...]