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It's the Little Things: 10 Low- or No-cost Things Leaders Can Do to Show Gratitude

When we interview candidates that are ready for a new job, we ask them, “What are the most important variables in what makes a good job?”...

Monday Motivation

The circus* can come to town unexpectedly. Some days are spent being the ring leader. Some days you are just one of the clowns. Some...

Playing Rivet Ball

Catcher Jeff Mathis, age 36, and with a career batting average of .198 (which is the second worst in baseball history of batters that have a

Planning for Career Growth

You are the director, writer, and star of your own story. Don't settle for being a supporting character in someone else's.

Monday Motivation

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice in World War I, we wanted to share this quote by Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing,...

A Tale of Two Pizza Drivers

Two drivers specifically caught my attention, as they were on the same cycle of picking up new orders and zooming off to customers and back.

The Amazon Effect

One of the best things I’ve read recently is Jeff Bezos' most recent letter to shareholders of his company, Amazon. Jeff Bezos is known...

Keeping the Groundhog Away - 10 Ways to Keep Your Team Engaged

If you have not seen the classic Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day, you should. Bill Murray plays an obnoxious weatherman named Phil...

25 Reads for 2018

One of my personal strategies to improve over time is to read – our brains have a near-limitless capacity to learn new things – and the know

Books That Feed the Mind and Soul

We are looking for recommendations of books that you have read, either this year, or maybe years ago that made a significant impact in your

Surviving the Office Holiday Party - With Your Career Intact

It’s generally a weird dynamic – dress everyone up, add booze, throw in a +1, and it becomes a potent formula for awkwardness, entertainment

Stone Soup for Veterans Day

As Veterans Day nears, I have been reflecting on the story of Stone Soup. If you are not familiar, Stone Soup is an old folktale about...

3 Leadership Fails For Employees Not Taking Vacation

An estimated 658 Million Days of Paid Time Off will go unused. The benefits to both employees and businesses for time off are...

Holding it all together

Every company has people that hold everything together - and get stuff done. When I was an young Ensign in the Navy, their payroll system...