Anyone that has worked in a company with more than one person knows that eventually people lose sight of the common goal.

Research says that many employees manufacture work to make themselves look better, look busy and look important. But what does this type of behavior do for the bottom line? How can that energy be turned toward something good?

Research tells us that successful organizations have great focus in at least two key areas: They develop their managers, and align their culture (teams, departments, operations) to their strategy.

Where is the innovation?  Where is the creativity?  What happened to all the pride in work?
You can chalk that up to the growing sense of learned helplessness in the workplace.  What is learned helplessness?
Learned helplessness – A term developed by Martin Seligman, pioneering researcher in animal psychology, to describe what occurs when animals or human [...]

What’s the matter here? Are we a bunch of Leadership Sissies?
Why can’t we face the truth sometimes and just tell people like it is? If someone has their wheel stuck in a performance ditch, what’s the big problem with telling people that they are not doing a good job? Why are we SO careful [...]

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