Even if you lack confidence in your writing skills, you should feel a certain fearlessness when authoring your life story. There is no one who knows you better than you. When you encounter hard choices – choices that may impact you for years to come – like what career to pursue, who to marry, […]
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How to Improve Your Bottom Line
Is your organization bottom line driven? I’d be very surprised if it was not. But what does that mean and how is it accomplished? When your company’s CEO or CFO refers to increasing a focus on the bottom line, he or she means that your company needs to grow its net earnings or reduce its costs. It’s […]
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How to Invest in Your Employees
It’s funny how some of the simplest questions can be the toughest to answer. I was reading a great New York Times article that reminded me of this fact. It’s worth sharing the authors’ words verbatim. “We (authors Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath) often ask senior leaders a simple question: If your employees feel more […]
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TRUST Is Not A Four Letter Word
It’s true; trust is not a four letter word. In fact, trust is quite obviously a five letter word. However, in organizations, trust can be a profoundly off-limits word as bad as – or worse – than any four letter word. Why? Because there is an unspoken struggle related to trust in organizations. The struggle […]
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Job Satisfaction – Some Great Tips
Recently I read an article entitled “10 Psychological Keys to Job Satisfaction” and was impressed with the relevance and the succinctness of the piece. The two points I found most relevant to today’s leaders – and I define leaders anyone who helps others see the futuristic vision of your workplace – were the author’s discussion […]
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Using Your Talents to Balance Work and Home
I am writing to share some exciting news! A piece I penned on finding that ever-elusive balance between work and home was chosen to run on the Gallup Strengths Center blog (Strengths Coaches’ Playbook). I cannot tell you how honored and humbled I am by their decision. As one of the first Gallup Certified Strengths […]
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How Gritty Are You?
[ted id=1733] Grit may have little significance to you. In fact, the term grit may merely seem relevant to you at your semiannual dental check-up when that sandy paste is spread all over your teeth. However, I’m fascinated with the subject of grit and have even touched on the topic in a past post. (https://www.freshconceptsonline.com/2013/01/how-employees-succeed-grit/) The […]
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Join StrengthsFinder Enthusiasts!!
Do you know your strengths? Are you interested in meeting new people who want to improve their professional and personal lives by using their strengths every day? Consider joining the Indianapolis StrengthsFinder Enthusiasts group at Meetup. This is a group for StrengthsFinder people in the Indianapolis-area who want to be more intentional about using […]
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Motivation and Commitment – Only Needs to Last 30 Days
How are your 2014 New Year’s resolutions coming? Are you eating more healthfully? Have you been exercising more frequently? And what about arriving to work earlier? These are all commendable goals – ones that many of us try to adhere to at the beginning of the year but may sadly find ourselves falling off the […]
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