Learners and Knowers

I read recently that legendary basketball star, Michael Jordan, once said, “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted with the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again...

Let’s Reverse Our “Silencing Culture”

It’s surprising how many ways our society has invented to control free speech. There are strong protections for free speech, but they are no match for the endless ways we can all be silenced. For those like me who are professional authors, there are Internet...

My Current Philosophy About the Future of Business

For over one hundred years, corporate leaders have been working from the same managerial playbook: Relationships with employees are motivated by a desire to provide leadership development, training, and incentives, supported by human resource policies and programs...

A New Playbook For Work

A recent Deloitte Survey revealed that 73% of managers declared that they should be a model of well-being for their employees, but only 35% of their employees observe that behavior in them. There are names for this: “not walking your talk”, “inauthenticity”, “do what...

Why Are Employees Walking from Corporate Jobs?

Here are two stats that point to one of the main causes of the disaffection currently felt by so many employees – INEQUALITY. From 1979 to 2020, net worker productivity rose 61.8%, but workers’ wages only rose 17.5%. [1] Meanwhile, CEO pay skyrocketed by more...

A Call for the Return of Trustworthiness!

I am working towards (and yearning for) the day when I can regain my trust in companies, government and institutions. Recently, I booked a flight that was advertised for a very attractive price. Then I tried to book my seat—imagine my surprise when I discovered I...