A kick of kindness
Technology disrupts. It changes how we live. It changes how we work. For managers, it changes how they strategize.
In many respects, managers are limited...
Stories matter more than ever
I knew in my early teens that I wanted to write for newspapers. Initially, I thought I wanted to be a sportswriter. In college,...
Fun is infectious
If there was any question that people embrace the opportunity to experience something new through a work-sponsored incentive trip or other type of corporate...
Can motivation be coached?
When I wrote about former New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy in this space in 2014, I thought it was a one-off. Van...
The Gray Between the Green
A paycheck is what many think of most when they start a job and when they leave it. In between, there is a lot...
The Other Second Cities
Last spring, after checking out the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, my daughter and I enjoyed a beautiful day rambling through...
Contact Should Mean Contact
“Game changer” is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry. There is no doubt technological advances...
No guru, no method, no leader
If reading books by or about great business leaders is enlightening and inspiring, reading about business leaders who have attained significant success almost in...
Frothy insights
I plead guilty to enjoying a cold beer or two, and I’ve watched with amazement as the decade-long bull market in the craft beer...
