Where’s the Magic? I’ll Tell You…
When it comes to setting the temperature on your team, there is no magic pill. There is no easy button. There is no quick fix. Shaping the culture is a…
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What to Do When the Game Changes
The sport of basketball is the same game that’s been around for well over 100 years. But how the game is played has changed. Ten years ago, there wasn’t a…
What’s on Your LP?: How to Mindfully Plan for the Life You Want
In the 1930s, many major record companies were exploring ways to create longer-playing records that could fit more music onto them. Company after company failed attempts to jam more music…
Pull Positive to Recharge Your Culture
Someone recently explained to me how a battery works. On every battery there’s a positive and negative side. Energy gets transferred when the electrons are pulled from the negative over…
Want Your Values to Stick? Try an ‘External Anchor’
Many of the important anchors you drop are internal, meant only for the development of the people in the trenches with you each day. But sometimes, it’s important to drop…
The Power of A Checklist: Turn Action into Habit
Many times the habits we think we are anchoring are not truly being anchored. The brilliant Atul Gawande in his book The Checklist Manifesto showed us all that we cannot…
Anyone’s Game: What March Madness Teaches Teams About Winning
Who doesn’t love a solid underdog story? You know the one. The little-known nobody taking on the big, bad somebody. It just feels right to root for them, doesn’t…
More Than A Motto: How Jimmy John’s Fosters A ‘Freaky Fast’ Culture
“Let’s test them,” I said with excitement in my voice. “After all, they say they are freaky fast.” The challenge was on. I was standing at the creative business retreat…
‘Tidying Up’ Our Teams: Making Space to Move Forward
There are three times as many individual storage units in the U.S. as McDonald’s restaurants. We have a lot of physical stuff that we’re storing. That’s made even more apparent…
Get Physical: Why Your Work Environment Matters
Mindfulness researcher Ellen Langer reminds us in her book Counterclockwise that “Our physical environment primes our feelings and behavior, although we are typically oblivious to its influence. Primes often tell…
