Bringing your sense of humor to work is NOT about telling jokes or being the office clown. Your sense of humor IS, however, one of the most underappreciated, underutilized, and undervalued human resources you have at your disposal to help you build a better workplace, improve your productivity, thrive under pressure, be more resilient, maintain…
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Are your meetings sucking the life out of you and your employees? The recording of this fast-paced, idea-packed presentation is now available for purchase! See below for the details! Study after study suggests that too many workplace meetings are viewed as soul-sucking time wasters that drain morale and frustrate employees. If you’re meetings are sucking…
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You can now purchase the recording for “14 Ways to Ramp Up Your Workplace Culture Presentation” Your workplace culture is your #1 competitive advantage. But here’s the reality: Great workplace cultures don’t happen by accident! You can’t buy your culture at IKEA (and hey, you wouldn’t understand the instructions anyways). You need to continuously, intentionally…
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Research cited in the book Laugh Out Loud by Inkson and Plester (whom I had the pleasure of meeting meeting at an International Group of Humor Studies conference in Utrecht a few years ago) suggests that overly managed fun events are the least preferred forms of fun in the workplace (equally unappreciated events included “mime…
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Are you ready for less awkward and more awesome conversations? Stop losing sleep and start talking! If you’ve ever tossed and turned all night dreading a tough conversation—or replayed a bad one on loop like a bad song—you’re not alone. Nearly half of employees admit they dread talking to their boss, and more than half…
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The grizzly bear in the video below exemplifies the kind of team mate that I want to work with! Attentive. Conscientious. Pays attention to details. Doesn’t need to be asked what to do. While we need to keep learning lessons from the so-called ongoing “quiet resignation” phenomenon, I’d like to flip the lens and talk…
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