It probably won't surprise you that I love a great speech, with a motivating message, told in a spellbinding fashion. Watch this brief talk from the 2014 world champion public … [Read more...]

Unfortunately, research shows that as managers we can unwittingly destroy an employee’s sense of meaning with our behaviors that correspondingly drain a sense of certainty, … [Read more...]

I so passionately want you all to discover how to motivate those who work for and with you, each and every day. What we're doing today simply isn't working. How can it be when … [Read more...]

I often talk about the hold that fear can have on us and that if we knew that we wouldn’t fail – what would we try? Check out this vid from a familiar face but with an unexpectedly … [Read more...]

In this increasingly more with less business world, far too many are more or less checked out at work. Astonishing Gallup surveys indicate more than 70% of us are not engaged in … [Read more...]

Creating meaning as a manager means you will have a huge impact on retention, a critical factor should a shortage of talented labor arise in the coming years, as many pundits … [Read more...]

In my last blog entry, I discussed the power of meaning to serve as a competitive advantage.  Here, I introduce the idea that meaning creation can also serve as a compassionate … [Read more...]

When it comes to elevating performance to unprecedented levels and creating competitive advantage, meaning really matters. McKinsey consultants Susie Cranston and Scott Keller have … [Read more...]

Organizational experts Michael Pratt (Boston College) and Blake Ashforth (Arizona State) have discerned, meaning can be derived in and at work. 1   As human beings we can find … [Read more...]

In my last blog entry (A Crisis of Meaning), I laid out the stunning statistics about just how disengaged today’s workforce really is. To get them engaged once again is elusive, … [Read more...]