I had a coach once who told me, "If you do what I tell you, it will work." 

You know what? He was right. 

I would tell my snowboard students the same thing. "If you do what I tell you, it'll work."

You know what? I was right too.

Sometimes they'd argue, "I'm doing it!" Then I'd pull out...

I was starting to think one of the most inspirational stories I’d ever heard, wasn’t so inspirational anymore. 

In fact, it had kind of turned into one of the most depressing tales I’ve been told. 

I was in a hotel lobby in Maryland. I was having my weekly...

Ever catch yourself watching the clock at work? Ever notice that when you do the minutes pass like hours? 

Now, pay attention to what you were doing when you were at your clock-watchinest best. How did the work feel? What else did you notice? 

Typically, when you're watching the clock,...

One day I was sitting with a group of job seekers when someone expressed, "I wish you could find out in a job interview what the boss is going to be like."

The real question is, "Am I going to be working for a bad boss?

All the word-of-mouth about a great culture is helpful, but even in...

I heard recently from three different people in three different organizations that they received a memo from their employer about annual merit increases. In all three cases, the memo went to all employees stating that increases for the coming year should be expected to be in the 2% to 3%...

"How'd that guy ever get to be a manager?"

Ever ask yourself this question? Maybe you haven't kept it to yourself. 

When we see someone who seems ill-suited for a leadership position in a leadership position, that's the rhetorical question we tend to ask. 

But is it...

There's no one left on planet Earth who doesn't know what a pandemic is, but just in case you're new, it's a problem (usually a disease) that's prevalent over an entire country or the world. 

That's a great working definition of what I'm terming "The Horrible Boss Pandemic". It is a problem...

I was sitting with an executive reviewing the latest employee engagement results for his company with him. As we looked at the results and the problem areas, he stopped me. He said, “You know, just between you and me, I’m really not that engaged here.”

This statement stopped me...

I'm sitting on the porch with my legs hanging off the side. The sun is shining, but I'm in the shade of the house because it's still early morning. I'm waiting and watching and listening. I don't want to miss it. 

It's quiet.

Wait, there it is. I can hear it down the block. Yep, that's it!...

Earlier this year, I received a message from a friend – a girl I went to high school with. It had a picture of her holding an award with a caption that said, “1700 employees…3 awarded Employee Excellence Award for 2015… I love Monday through Fridays!” (She had...

It’s a summer day in 2010, I’m sitting at a conference table in Houston at a client meeting. On a break, I check my phone for messages. There is a text for me to call the office as soon as possible. One of the people on my team has left his ID badge on his desk and...