Category Spirit at Work

Do Peers Perpetuate Poor Performance? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Spirit at Work 2 comments

This is part three in a five part examination of the forces that keep individuals and institutions caught a cycle of stress trapped by unexamined assumptions and ill designed solutions. Part one examined the role of self in our illusory imprisonment, two the often subconscious part played by supervisors in the continuing incarceration and section three delves into the irresistible influence exerted on us by our peers...

Employees in Pajamas? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work

Imagine you are experiencing the worst economic times in recent history. You have just invested in a complete online employee survey program. The results have been painstakingly analyzed and reviewed, and you have a plan for action. Your entire team is scheduled for a nearly unprecedented early morning meeting to give the consulting team ample opportunity to address the issues identified through the survey process and your entire staff shows up ………………in pajamas. Would you be?

a) Outraged
b) ...

We always think we will have more time. December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work

We always think we will have more time. Time to do what we have always wanted, say what we always intended and be what we always imagined. Then we don’t.

Last week while working on this article I found a message I had received from our dear friend Bill Ferrence while he was battling bladder cancer. In typical Ferrence fashion Bill could find something to laugh about even in cancer. Some would say that Bill lost his fight but I prefer to believe that he was needed elsewhere...

13 Secrets to an ASTONISHING Keynote December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys, Spirit at Work, Topics, Training

Keynote motivational humorist Randy Morgan

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do.” Goethe

Many meetings quickly fade into the background of all the “meaning-less-repeat-what-we-have-already-done-before” dithering if we don’t start new conversations. Use these thirteen steps to make all your messages meaning-full. Don’t try and make people act differently, help them think differently. Encourage new behaviors by starting new conversations.

1. Creating a Buzz

The most successful messages are not thos...

Are you struggling with dissatisfied people or a dissatisfying process? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work, Training No comments

I was recently asked to perform an “attitude intervention” for a group of VERY unhappy Federal employees. The process began like a James Patterson novel with all the evidence pointing to a single culprit. Team members consistently used words like hurtful, demeaning, belittling, blame, fear, reprisal, micromanaging, dishonest, inconsistent, unapproachable, controlling, forgetful, favoritism and defensive to describe their work experience...