A Laundry List of Fun Ideas You Can Apply at Your Company

A Laundry List of Fun Ideas You Can Apply at Your Company

There are plenty of fun ways to make work enjoyable, reinforce your culture and increase retention, engagement, and productivity in the process. Here’s just a few. What fun things has your company done? Please do share! Bring your _______ to work day (dog, parent, kid, spouse, therapist). Celebrate…
Walking the Training Talk

Walking the Training Talk

I just finished reading my bi-monthly issue of Training Magazine. It highlighted the top 125 company training programs in the country. Some insights I gathered: 1. Most employees want at least two hours of training per month. If the employee desire is roughly 24 hours of training per year and they…
Tip on Having a Shark Tank Contest

Tip on Having a Shark Tank Contest

"Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they'll determine 80 percent of your success" Barbara Corcoran Have a Company Shark Tank Contest I’m a big fan of Shark Tank. There is so much to be learned from watching that show whether you are and investor, entrepreneur or employee.…
Float Tanks - Where Nothing Happens

Float Tanks – Where Nothing Happens

I've got a confession to make - I've been floating lately! Months ago one of the Vistage presenters, Dan Miller, talked about the psychological and wellness benefits of floating. Having already been intrigued by it, his conversation was a tipping point for me to try it. I invited my wife to join…
The Power of Peers

The Power of Peers

I have had the wonderful opportunity to present to over 350 Vistage CEO groups nationwide. I’ve had a firsthand opportunity to see the Power of Peers in action. Now I am a Chair for the first Vistage HR group in California. When looking to build any peer group the 5 part formula is: Select…