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Thoughts on the Great Resignation We’ve already seen a huge number of employees quit their jobs in recent ...

We hear this term a lot—people are first at Brand X. However, high rates of turnover, low productivity, ...

Stop Throwing Stones In a famous encounter with self-righteousness, Jesus told the crowd, “Let him who is without ...

In a famous scene from It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey (James Stewart) gives the curmudgeon Potter a ...

I Support the “Thin Blue Line” Part of my platform is safety and that involves two vital groups ...

George H. W. Bush famously promised “Read my lips; no new taxes” and almost immediately after winning the ...

I hear and understand the concern and frustration about high rent. This is a national challenge but can ...

Main Street, Hendersonville NC Many Hendersonville residents are concerned, as am I, about growth in our city. I ...

I want to give a shout out to the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce and their leadership for ...

Better Together Our city is a great place to live, to work, to raise a family. And, while ...

For the past year, we’ve witnessed cities across America disowning their local police, insulting those who protect them, ...

Main Street, Hendersonville NC Tourism is the main industry and economic engine of our city. Tourists spend a ...

Sadly, municipal elections attract little interest. This is especially true when they are scheduled in “off years,” i.e. ...

In one sense, leadership is the same in all scenarios. It’s about the heart more than the head. ...

The reason that I’m spending so much time convincing you that the hybrid workforce is here to stay ...

The reactive (panicked) move to remote work that occurred in 2020 is about to replace by a return ...

Contrary to much of the contemporary leadership literature, most leadership failures are not missing the objective, falling short ...

Many will tell us that leadership is all about achieving the objective, accomplishing the goal, reaching the summit. ...

Are You a True Leader? It’s true that anyone can claim they are a leader. Many bosses do ...

Even when the pandemic has passed, the new shape of work will remain. Companies and teams will operate ...

The age old question is, “Are leaders made or born?” Of course, the basic answer is usually, “Both.” ...

With all the talk, books, and training around leadership, I’d expect to see a plethora of truly excellent, ...

In my career, one of my proudest moments has always been when someone from my team is tapped ...

When did it become OK to drop the f-bomb in business meetings?When did it become OK to not ...

This final installment addresses the question of how to turn annual intentions (Parts V-VI) into actions. We all ...

In the last publication, we started looking at the annual commitment to Think Time and focused on looking ...

In this fifth installment of Think Time, we’ll focus on the annual time set aside to think, reflect, ...

In this fourth installment of Think Time, we want to look at building it into your daily routine. ...

In the last installment, we explored getting an hour or two a week to “go to your Starbucks ...

THINK TIME (Part 2) In our last post, we discussed the WHY of dedicated think time. In this ...

I don’t even have to ask the rhetorical question, “Do you get enough think time?” We both know ...

Look, I get it. As if the pandemic wasn’t enough, business must (MUST!) constantly pivot and change if ...

As I survey the emotional landscape and the damages of a year of COVID-19 fears coupled with a ...

THRIVING IN CHAOS Quite a number of years ago, management guru, Tom Peters, wrote a book entitled Thriving ...

I keep hearing people talk about getting back to “business as usual.” I’d like to make a plea ...

It’s hard to come up with a “non-trite” way of saying this so, I’ll just say it. To ...

Hint: this cannot be overdone! In every period of time, human beings love celebration and recognition. In a ...

Maslow’s Hierarch of Needs Abraham Maslow, famous psychologist, made it very clear in the Hierarchy of Needs, that ...

According to Sirota research, one of the three most impactful dimensions of employee engagement is a “sense of ...

There are three questions that followers ask of their leaders...constantly and now more than ever. Does this person ...

Who wants people who just show up because of a paycheck? Even if they are only walking to ...

Native Totem Pole Culture doesn’t grow on its own. It has to be nurtured. Strengthened. Reinforced. Constantly. How ...

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Steel Bars for Reinforcing Concrete As important as culture is (and we’ve only scratched the surface), it’s something ...

Management Guru, Peter Drucker, once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” He’s right, of course. Culture, not brilliant ...

Leadership is always about the heart and in all circumstances. The COVID19 pandemic is no exception. Nor will ...

The Pandemic of 2020 has presented leaders with one of the greatest challenges in history: how do you ...

There’s an old rock and roll song from my childhood that contains the line: So tired Tired of ...

Being able to feel with people and communicate that concern is one of the greatest gifts one human ...

Simon Sinek has developed thought around a company's purpose; he calls it the “why?” It’s not a new ...

During this COVID-19 economy, millions have lost their jobs and, while I’m grateful to see the strength of ...

I have to admit, I hate the term “new normal.” The reason I hate it is that it ...

In these politically charged times, with all the hype and exaggeration in the media, it’s helpful to back ...

Gossip is one of the oldest and most destructive of vices and it continues to devastate today. What ...

Pivoting in Basketball One term used liberally in business (and especially during the COVID pandemic) is “pivoting.” It ...

Coming through COVID-19, every time we think of crisis we think of something of the magnitude of a ...

People are frightened; they are confused; and they need help. Compassion means that we feel their pain and we move ...

Everything that is great about EmployBridge was built and strengthened by us. It wasn’t done for us or ...

Can you believe it? Monday was Star Wars Day. Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo. And today? Well, the ...