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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...

Achieve more Autonomy December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

Todays’ acronym for improvement is AMP to help us remember three primary intrinsic motivations. According to research by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, (pronounced me-HIGH chick-sent-me-HIGH-ee) these motivations are Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.

President Kennedy knew the country needed a great Purpose when he promised to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth by the end of the decade.

We know he believed in our ability to create Mastery because at the time of this proclamation hi...

The Real Cost of Leadership Lost December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Astonishing Service, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Peer Powered Performance No comments

There have been a gazillion articles, studies, examples and illustrations but none seem to so succinctly cover a few of the more poignant priorities. If I am to honestly take stock of my twenty plus years as a manager I was, based on today’s standards, particularly pathetic. That is not to say that I was all that sharp at the time but my point is that we live in an entirely different culture...