4 Steps to Increasing Employee Engagement: Linking Contribution to Impact and Meaning

How do you encourage employees to think like owners, to take initiative, to participate, to follow through, and contribute to the growth and success of your organization each and every day? This is…

A Review of "Abundance" by Diamandis & Kotler

This book was an enjoyable read. The authors’ choice of topics, use of data, and integration of analyses of both biological and cultural evolutionary principles were extremely valuable and kept me…

Building Reinforcement Into Your Work

Managers can’t be everywhere all the time. So an important part of providing positive reinforcement to keep desired behaviors going is to build it into the work. This is referred to as natural…

1984 May Be Closer Than You Think

I received an unsolicited email from a company that is selling software that they say “can reveal to you (SIC) what your employees do during business hours. It reminded me of George Orwell’s popular…

Coaching Your Way to Safe Habits

Much of ADI’s consulting work focuses on designing strategies to accelerate and sustain good practice throughout the workplace. We strive to help people develop true fluency—the ability to do the…

Oops #2: Stretch Goals

  The 2nd Management Practice That Wastes Time & Money: Stretch Goals.