Since the results of last year’s Gallup Poll showed employee engagement having a big positive impact in a business’ bottom line, many have been talking about it. How good are you at creating engagement? What does employee engagement really mean? Continue reading »
Contrast surrounds us. Because of my passion for photography, I ponder the world of contrast often. I enjoy looking for contrast. In photography, contrast is what makes a picture come alive.
Life is full of contrasts: There is. . . Continue reading »
Practicing any skill, like golf, or horseback riding, should improve it. When you practice on your own, without deep understanding of what you are doing, you may end up repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Thus, you develop bad habits which are hard to break.
Empathy is the ability to experience and relate to the thoughts, emotions, or experience of others. It’s more than simple sympathy, which is being able to understand and support others with compassion or sensitivity. Empathy is fundamental to leadership, as many leadership theories suggest. Do you understand empathy at least at a second grade level? Continue reading »
May 1 is a non-working national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries. Ironically, although this celebration of working-class solidarity originated in the U.S labor movement in the United States and soon spread around the world, it never earned official recognition in this country. May 1 is rarely recognized where it began. . . Continue reading »
Here in the northern hemisphere Spring seems to be finally starting. Things in front on the house are starting to grow. Trees show their tender buds and leaves. Tulips spread their color. I love this time of year.
The awakening of Spring brought to my mind a quote by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. . . Continue reading »
Your brain likes surprises. Curiosity is rewarding in itself. Exploring a different way to do something is exciting. Starting a new project you are not totally sure how will turn out is invigorating. Those Eureka moments that come with innovation are very rewarding because they usually come as surprises when we least expected them. Continue reading »
