September Theme Days: Funny, Silly, Offbeat September Theme Days & Holidays
Here’s a list of some of the fun, wacky, offbeat, and not-so-wacky theme days and observances for the month of September, 2025. Celebrating these, recognizing these theme days is a very simple way to bring a little fun and humor into your workplace. For some ideas on...
Front Line Leadership: How Anyone Can Take The Lead at Work
The Jerk Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a Happier, More Inspiring Workplace, isn’t just about how NOT to be a jerk at work. I mean, that’s certainly helpful when it comes to creating more inspiring workplace cultures, but really...
Creating a Jerk-Free Workplace: What If YOU’RE the Jerk?
If you want to create a jerk-free workplace then it’s important to ask the question: “What if I’m the jerk?” The following is an excerpt from the introduction of my book, “The Jerk-Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a...
How To Tell Your Boss You’re Unhappy at Work
If you are thinking of quitting your job for green pastures, don’t leave without having an honest conversation with your boss about why you’re leaving – even if it’s about their leadership style! In fact, especially if it’s about their...
What is workplace culture? And why do you need a clear definition of workplace culture?
So, what exactly is this beast called workplace culture? There are many definitions of workplace culture, but it’s surprising, given how important workplace culture is, how many leaders have only a vague sense of what workplace culture really is. If you are...
How to Be Happier at Work: Six Happiness Thieves at Work That Are Making You Less Happy!
If you want to be happier more often at work (and I’m guessing you do) then I think it helps to be aware of some of the mindsets and behaviors that are known happiness thieves. And no, I’m not talking about Bob in accounting. Here are the biggest...
Creating a Culture of Innovation at Work
Ideas are the currency of success in any business. But for ideas to flourish and thrive, you need to intentionally create a culture of innovation and a culture that values creativity. And you need to embrace the power of small ideas making a huge difference in your...
A Clog of Plumbers and a Sum of Accountants
One of my longtime Inspiring Workplaces newsletter subscribers, Waldo Berg, provided this inspiration for a fun work idea. Hold a contest in your workplace to come up with the best collective noun to describe a group of your colleagues, based either on your profession...


