Why Performance Management Programs Fail
Every Performance Management system I have ever seen over the years has typically focused on one thing: employee productivity (aka performance). In one case, I saw a program developed by a large international consulting firm for a global pharmaceutical company, and...
Who Are You Mentoring and Sponsoring?
When I was 27, with my self-awareness and worldview vastly exaggerated in my own mind, I suddenly became the CEO of Manpower Limited. Possessing nothing but raw ambition, self-confidence and limited skills, I launched into my new role. The reason I found myself...
The Spirit@Work® Cards Mobile App
I want to let you know that our Spirit@Work® Cards mobile app has received an update. The Spirit@Work® Cards and Book Set were originally written and designed in 2000. They were an immediate hit. So we created an updated version in 2002 and also a digital web-based...The Employee is the New Customer!
Our understanding of the role of corporations has moved through a series of evolutions. It was generally accepted 50 years ago that the main purpose of a corporation was to increase shareholder wealth. Economist Milton Friedman cemented this thinking in our culture...
Holiday Stocking Stuffer Idea
A Love Story: An Intensely Personal Memoir, is the story of my soulmate Tricia’s and my remarkable 30-year journey together, using poetry I had written privately to her over the years, woven through the narrative. I write about leadership, so this a big...
New Release: The Bellwether Effect
I am excited to let you know that my latest book (#22!) is now available in all markets. Because I believe this message is so important for the world right now, I am making the Kindle version available of Amazon sites for US$0.99 until the end of June, 2018. I really...
Wi-Fi more important than….?
So how committed are we these days to being “always on” and connected, in this digital age? According to a recent survey by iPass who questioned 1,700 mobile professionals worldwide about their connectivity habits and preferences, here is how respondents...
Secretan’s Law of Relationships
I am far from an expert on quantum mechanics, but I know a little bit – just enough to help me form a theory! There are three steps to my theory, which I call “Secretan’s Law of Relationships” – let’s see if it resonates with you? At the...
A Love Story – Guest Blog #4
I have invited a number of authors, leaders and coaches who have reviewed my recently released book, A Love Story, to contribute their thoughts and ideas, and particularly those prompted by their reading of this book. Over several weeks they have been sharing their...