Valuable Values Questions to Help You Assess, Measure, and Define Your Workplace Values

Aug 9, 2025 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Are you truly valuing your workplace values? The following excerpt from my book, “Small Moments, Big Outcomes: How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results” offers some some valuable questions to help ensure you are truly valuing your workplace values! 1. How will we know we are living this value out loud? What tangible…

Ten Signs You Work in a Great Workplace Culture

Jul 14, 2025 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Now, I could easily come up with another ten signs, but these ten are great “green flags” that you have a healthy, humane, and productive workplace culture! 1. Everyone feels included, like they truly belong. Employees don’t feel as though they have to fundamentally change who they are to “fit in” but instead feel…

The Top Ten Most Frequently Asked Workplace Culture Questions

Jun 23, 2025 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

As a leading thought leader, keynote speaker, and trainer on the topic of workplace culture, I get asked a lot of questions about workplace culture, so I thought I’d pull together the top ten most asked workplace culture questions into one handy dandy summary guide. So here we go! What the heck is workplace culture,…

Creating a Workplace Culture Infused With Recognition and Appreciation

May 19, 2025 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Infusing Recognition into Your Culture Ideally, you want to infuse your workplace culture with a spirit of appreciation, celebration, and recognition so that everyone takes responsibility for appreciating and recognizing one another’s success. Peer-to-peer recognition can be even more effective than when it comes from a manager. One study from Brigham Young University found that…

Keeping Motivated During a Big Project: 8 Ways To Stay Motivated Until You Cross the Finish Line

Oct 21, 2024 | HUMOR AT WORK

I was the lead project manager on an assignment known as Project Lethal Scorpion. It sounds intriguing, right, maybe even a little dangerous? Actually, it was deadly boring, but to add a little intrigue and fun, and to make it easier for everyone to remember, we always dubbed our projects with cool or ridiculous-sounding…

Compassionate and Kind Leadership Drives Results

Aug 27, 2024 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

I’ve always thought that the sitcom The Office should be mandatory viewing for senior leaders to remind themselves of the importance of character and of how not to lead. After all, as Groucho Marx once said, “We should learn from the mistakes of others. We don’t have time to make them all ourselves.” Speaking of…

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Valuable Values Questions to Help You Assess, Measure, and Define Your Workplace Values

Ten Signs You Work in a Great Workplace Culture

The Top Ten Most Frequently Asked Workplace Culture Questions

Creating a Workplace Culture Infused With Recognition and Appreciation

Keeping Motivated During a Big Project: 8 Ways To Stay Motivated Until You Cross the Finish Line

Compassionate and Kind Leadership Drives Results

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