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Want a Tree House? Think Again!

Most organizations risk creating the metaphorical 'tree house' by failing to care and nourish the roots of their people. Focusing on nurturing rather than clean up is the preferable approach to growing your company.

Owning the Whole Before Your Piece – Part 2

Owning the whole creates a significant difference between organizations successfully executing on strategies and those struggling to realize the intended results.

Owning the Whole Before Your Piece – Part 1

Leaders are so focused on their piece of the puzzle, they miss the big picture. Harness talent into integrated and simplified priorities for their organization.

Do Your Employees Love You?

We all know we can't buy love, but that doesn't stop companies from trying to buy employee engagement, loyalty, or company pride. Learn four ways to naturally gain employee loyalty.

The Value of Play

All work and no play will make you more than dull. If you haven’t played at work for a while, here’s what you’re missing.

Working Together is Success – Taking on a Team Attitude

If you want people to “play” with others they need to understand the rules of the game! That means engaging individuals in how their efforts impact their team’s success and how their team’s success contributes to the overall achievements of the company.

Roots of Engagement Issue Three – People Want to Go on a Meaningful Journey

People want to go on a meaningful journey. There is more drama and adventure in companies than on a reality show, but it’s paved over by sterilized PowerPoints. How will you turn your strategy into an adventure story?

Roots of Engagement Issue Two – People Want to Feel a Sense of Belonging

If you’ve ever been passed over when teams choose up sides, you know what if feels like not to belong. Read how that plays out in business.

Roots of Engagement Issue One – Being Part of Something Bigger Than Yourself

The perennial advice to college grads is “find yourself.” Root CEO Jim Haudan (and others) suggest the real point is to “lose yourself.” It’s a real Root of Engagement.

Missing a Critical Element of Employment Engagement?

Good strategies need good stories. Here’s why stories are important for getting people excited about executing strategy.

The Roots of Engagement in Russia

While the “Art of Engagement” is a business book, it explains how connecting and engaging people naturally occurs when tapping into the elements we all share as human beings.

Five Fundamental Truths of Corporate Strategy Execution

Strategy is really about a focused effort at all levels of the business on how to win in the marketplace. The ability to rally thousands of employees around a common strategic direction becomes a point of competitive differentiation.

Good Morning, Management Family!

Getting an employee engaged and excited about his work is a lot like being a construction worker on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Both will want to make sure they did everything in their power to achieve the best result for the 'client'.

Marketing the “friendly skies”

But thinking more like a marketer and creating authentic awareness, excitement, and education about your strategy can have a profound impact on how well you execute throughout your organization.

Different Learners, Different Learning Styles

Writing a summary of a paragraph you just read is cakewalk, right? To some, yes, to others it's a big no!

Organizational training and Fruit Loops®

Millions of people eat Fruit Loops every morning, and it isn't mandatory. What does that say about your training program?

Let’s go to the movies…

One of the fastest ways to provide a common understanding is through a story or a visual. The beauty of film is that it marries both approaches in less time.