Category: Team & Culture
What if what if?
The projector could not recognize my laptop. No problem. I had 35mm slides. But the slide tray did not fit into the slide projector. No problem. I had overhead transparencies.…
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Early Onboarding Wins
Early onboarding wins are essential, especially when they’re related to results, personal wins, and emotional deposits. Early result wins There is almost always a conversation at a new employee’s six-month…
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Onboarding Values
We ran a master class today at the Onboarding Talent conference in Chicago. One of the hot buttons was values and how important it is to confirm and communicate shared…
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3 Communication Points
While there are all sorts of different ways to think about communication, for most of us, concentrating on three communication points can make a dramatic difference in our effectiveness. It…
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Why not
Two people used those two words with me over the past week, with very different meanings. Wilder Baker - Why Not Had breakfast with Wilder to talk about his ideas…
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Reboarding with Confidence
Looking for a job is stressful at best and sometimes debilitating. Looking for a job in the recent environment has shaken a lot of peoples’ confidence, leading to a vicious…
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Relationships are more Important than being Right when Onboarding
The first thing my new boss explained to me on my first day was that my top priority was managing the production of the new advertising campaign – and getting…
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The Stupid Edition of Intuition
Sometimes letting people trust their guts is a very good thing. Sometimes it’s not. Here’s one way to think about the difference. Conscious Competence Model Consider the conscious competence…
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What does Walt want?
Well into the 1980s, decisions at The Walt Disney Company were driven by what people thought Walt wanted. I used to think the company was living in the past and…
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