OFFER ENDING MARCH 31 2022 When you know why stress and disruptions happen they are less impactful. When you know how to manage stress and disruptions you get better results. This is what you get with the hot button workshop. You get practical solutions for dealing with the stress and disruptions that you and your …
Everyone see’s through their own unique lens. This is very easy to forget. It is also very easy to forget that someone else’s lens may contain a valuable perspective that you haven’t thought of. Another thing that’s easy to forget is that everyone thinks their own unique perspective is valid, and they may even think …
Thanks to our trusted partners and everyone who’s offered so much feedback and support! And thanks especially to our client partners, some of whom have weathered a few of the disruptions along with us. After three weeks of obstacles including technical, web hosting and team member health issues we are happy to be back at …
Mental health is a part of all our lives. And while it’s not always this simple, it is true that for most of us our mental health is supported by releases of our body’s natural chemicals into our bloodstream. And we trigger these chemicals by exercising our natural (endorphin) systems with behaviour. Exactly like going …
Communication culture is the key. Why? Because everything else combined is not enough. While this is true both in business and in private life, let’s focus on the business story for now. Your processes, products and reputation may be great, and yet, with all of that, continued success is still not guaranteed. Success is fragile. …
As we start a brand new year, we want to help you during the most difficult time many of us have ever faced. Symptoms include stress, apathy, lack of engagement, malcontent, performance issues, burn out, and the list goes on. Whatever the symptoms, they can all be traced back to how people manage their reactions …
Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: – When your loved ones come home, always run to greet them. – Enjoy the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face. – Take naps. – Stretch before rising. – Run, romp, and play daily. – Thrive on attention and …
As we start a brand new year, we want to help you during the most difficult time many of us have ever faced. Symptoms include stress, apathy, lack of engagement, malcontent, performance issues, burn out, and the list goes on. Whatever the symptoms, they can all be traced back to how people manage their reactions …
If you would prefer to watch a video of this blog, there is a link below. If you prefer to read, here is the text from the video. I get asked all the time “What is the Hot Button Workshop all about?”. It sounds like an easy question, and it is, but there is some …
As we start a brand new year, we want to help you during the most difficult time many of us have ever faced. Symptoms include stress, apathy, lack of engagement, malcontent, performance issues, burn out, and the list goes on. Whatever the symptoms, they can all be traced back to how people manage their reactions …
As we were planning for 2022 we had a big idea. Our challenge was to ask ourselves how we can help make it easier for you to address a great problem of our times. What problem? The culture problem we are all living with. It exists in our society and in our shared workplaces. Symptoms …
Here is a great podcast episode that crossed my path and I wanted to share it with you. It’s entitled Resolving Conflict with William Ury. There are so many great takeaways. One that I especially liked was Stop, Listen, Think, then Respond. It was nice to hear that said by two such renowned thinkers, I’ve …
Communication culture is more than perks, statements and policies. Words matter, all day, every day. Perhaps they don’t seem to matter on the surface, but think about it for a second. Words are an important part of the message, which leads to the thought, then the emotion, ultimately influencing your frame of mind as you …
In the spirit of giving, here’s something special for you. If you can only find time to listen to one recording this holiday season, may I recommend this one? I feel it is a truly great speech offering wonderfully humorous insights. These insights are delivered in the form of a useful, rather than motivational, commencement …
As this holiday season of 2021 approaches I find myself pondering all that has gone on in recent years. Many people’s lives have been complicated and many people’s lives have been changed. It’s not always easy to have a wide perspective. We all get absorbed in our personal views and experiences. It’s not always easy …
Our key performance indicators (KPI’s) are not bad, they’re just incomplete. The behaviour you reward in pursuit of the goal is critical when it comes to the long term. Be aware of what you may be overlooking when you measure performance. Your incentive structure it is a key contributor to the culture you are creating. …
Your number one game changing spark is your attitude. It has the power to change the future, for better or for worse, so choose your attitude wisely. Picture anyone who has achieved success. You can be sure that at some point they had to overcome something bad, which almost certainly required a good attitude. This …
It is what you need to turn your corporate culture statements into reality. How does that happen? It’s like a recipe. You need the right ingredients, mixed properly, to get the results you want. So what are the ingredients? When I say communication what do you think of? Is it your words? Is it your …
Here is a wonderfully insightful and entertaining little video of a talk given at a Product Management conference. The speaker uses humor and relatable real world experiences to present a hugely informative perspective on how and why things go wrong in business. Not surprisingly it has a lot to do with how the human brain …
First, let’s define what hot buttons are. Hot buttons are triggered responses to something we have perceived. What do we mean by responses to something we have perceived? Perceptions, in a short workable definition, are a result of our beliefs and environmental conditioning. Our beliefs are formed over time, starting at a very young age, …
