What AI Has To Say About Humor, Humanity and The Challenge of Creating Humor
As artificial intelligence continues to grow, and as more and more people and companies leverage the power of tools such as ChatGPT to generate content, I think it’s going to become more important than ever to embrace our humanity, creativity and yes, our humor,...
To Motivate Your Employees Do This First: STOP De-Motivating Employees
There is a mountain of research that suggests that the most important thing you can do to engage your employees is to STOP de-motivating them! In other words, it’s not so much the things you do that motivate employees (if you hired and trained them well, they...
Building a Jerk-Free Workplace: What Workplace Behaviors Drive Everyone Batty?
The goal of The Jerk-Free Workplace is to offer concrete suggestions on how anyone, regardless of their position, can be a leader. The more everyone steps up, even just a little, takes more personal responsibility and accountability for their attitude and actions, and...
10 Reasons You MUST Give Employees a Greater Voice at Work!
Here are 10 critical reasons you MUST give employees a greater voice at work – and I could easily add another ten, I’m sure. If you want to create an inspiring workplace culture and drive greater employee engagement, collaboration, innovation, and...
Banishing Burnout in the Workplace – Why Preventing Burnout Can’t Be Left Up to Employees
A few years ago, the World Health Organization officially recognized the phenomenon of workplace burnout as a serious health concern. This recognition of workplace burnout has helped shift the conversation away from putting the entire onus on the individual to...
How Focusing on Customer Experience Can Drive Employee Engagement
I was completely delighted by an automated email response I recently received after placing an order for deodorant. Yes, a simple ten-dollar purchase for an everyday product resulted in me telling thousands of people about my experience with this company! Why? Because...
How to Add More Humor and Fun in a Conservative, Traditional Company
How Do You Add Humor and Create a More Fun Work Environment in a Highly Conservative Company? I frequently hear a similar lament from clients and audience members: “We work in a very conservative company so how can we bring more humor and fun into our workplace when...
Sarcasm in the Workplace: Does Sarcasm Have Any Place in a Business Setting?
Isn’t Sarcasm at Work Just Great? Or Am I Being Sarcastic Right Now? A friend recently threatened to buy me a t-shirt emblazoned with the following: “Zero Days Without Sarcasm” So, evidently, I can be just a wee bit sarcastic from time to time. Which is completely...


