Brand Messaging Blog
How knowing your Strengths will improve employee engagement
I'VE WRITTEN AN UPDATED POST HERE. It's that time of year again. If you are like most employees, you have already started the process of looking back on this past year and assessing your performance or your team's performance. Did you accomplish your goals? What can...
Top 3 reasons why I like Pinterest
Whether you like social media or not, it is here to stay. Like anything else it can be a source for good or bad depending upon how it is used. One thing is certain however, social media will continue to evolve and take on new and different forms over the coming years....
3 simple steps to getting your employees engaged
We hear about employee engagement a lot these days. But what is it really and why does it matter? Searching on the internet provides a variety of explanations. Wikipedia, for example, explains that employee engagement is a business management concept and that: "An...
Why a lack of vision results in low employee engagement
Throughout my career, I have heard leaders misuse and confuse these three simple words; vision, strategy, and actions. Some believe that vision and strategy are the same, interchangeable, if you will. Others think that by simply taking "action" they are being...
Leadership lessons from the golf course
Golf seems like such an easy game to play...until you play it. Once on the course, you realize quickly that there is a lot more to golf than just hitting a little ball towards a flag several hundred yards away. In addition to just being downright difficult to making...
Use Flowcharts to improve your business
Move over Six Sigma. Flowcharts are where it's at. In fact, at the root of every good six sigma project, you'll find a flowchart. As a trained Black Belt (not the Bruce Lee kind) I can tell you that the majority of improvement projects I have worked on have easily...
Top 3 reasons why Failure equals Success
Why Failure equals Success "I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.” - Michael Jordan What is failure? Is failure simply the opposite of winning? Or is failure something bigger and more meaningful? I've always been in the camp that we learn the most when...
