Meaning and meaningful work are not common words in the workplace lexicon. Unfortunately management practices have carefully neutered such needs in a diligent pursuit of efficiency, cost-cutting, and scalability of operations. Viewing work as an extension of one’s passion is the shift management must grasp Don’t get me wrong the above items […] Read more… Read More»
We are most familiar with treating employees as if they can split their personal from their professional life when coming to work. At its root is an inherently dehumanizing belief that employees can turn off the influences of one on the other. Certainly employees’ financial struggles or ailing family member shouldn’t influence work performance. […] Read more… Read More»
For those executives who thought or still think that social is a fad, it’s time to reevaluate your thinking. Our very own Ted Coine is featured in a Slideshare focusing on what organizations can do to succeed in being social. For the executive, senior manager or even middle-manager reluctant to find ways to scale social […] Read more… Read More»
What I love about a new year are the expectations and anticipation reserved for something new. We permit ourselves to mentally travel back in time and revisit the old and peer into what worked and what didn’t. Many of us then become resolute to change or continue doing whatever our mental time travel revealed […] Read more… Read More»
This year went by so fast slowly. How it’s possible that we’re nearing the end of 2012 is beyond me. It was a packed year with many peaks and valleys. Certainly a highlight was the genesis of ExchangeGain. Ted and I could not be more pleased with the response to the content […] Read more… Read More»
The world’s irrevocably broken state reminds us of our own mortality. Currently, we are forced to reconcile the deaths of 20 young lives ended too soon in Newtown, Connecticut. Ongoing, we are infuriated by the cruelty of bullies and grief stricken when kids feel the only way to deal with one is to commit […] Read more… Read More»
Interview with Les McKeown on Working with Different Work Styles from Shawn Murphy on Vimeo…. Read More»
Without intentionally cultivating and nurturing your company’s culture, you’ll get what emerges from neglect. And it won’t be what you or your employees want. Your customers will know that something is “off” with your company. Ugly things grow from neglect. Discontent settles in. An aimless anger grows. Counterproductive behaviors dominate. Slowly, imperceptibly your culture devolves […] Read more… Read More»
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Choreography of a Team from Shawn Murphy on Vimeo…. Read More»
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