Blogs
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Workplace Culture Leadership: The Importance of Holding Employees Accountable
Inspiring Culture Leaders are Accountable and They Hold Their Employees Accountable Several years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Beryl Health, a 24/7 call center based in Bedford, Texas. Beryl prides itself for embracing a family-first, fun workplace...
Workplace Values: How to Bring Your Workplace Values to Life
What are these things called values that we all value so much at work? Well, you've got values at an individual level, even if you can't always articulate them, you have values that drive how you make decisions that drive your behaviors in your personal life and your...
Why Workplace Culture Matters, What Workplace Culture Is, and How to be Intentional About Workplace Culture
Why Workplace Culture Matters As a leader in today’s rapidly changing world you must embrace your role as a culture champion and understand that everything you do and say as a leader either adds to your workplace culture or detracts from your culture. You truly are...
The Quickest, Most Effective Ways to Add More Humor Into Your Workplace Culture
I’m often asked, “What’s the most effective way to begin infusing a workplace culture with more fun and humor?” I always respond that it’s incredibly helpful if the tone is set by the senior leaders, because, once again, senior leaders are the orchestra conductors!...
How to Be Intentional About Building a Great Workplace Culture
Great cultures don’t happen by accident. As a leader, you need to be consistently, relentlessly intentional about your culture. So, what does that look like? 1. You need to promote your culture to the world. If you’re going to attract fabulous...
Videos
Why Clients Book Michael
Some clients bring me into their events simply because they want to celebrate a great year, cap off a busy season, or recognize their amazing employees. Other clients work with me because they’ve lost their mojo, they’re wrestling with unprecedented change, or they need help forging a stronger and more inspiring culture.
Why Choose Between Content and Humor?
For more than 20 years I’ve embraced the mantra: “Why choose between content and humor when you can have both?” In this short video, I share what I think my job as a professional speaker is and how I will work with you to exceed your expectations.
Michael in Action
Why choose between content and fun when you can have both? For a sense of my presentation style, grab some popcorn and enjoy this sampler video of Michael in Action. Whether I’m delivering a full-day workshop to senior executives, or a keynote to an audience of 3,000+, I deliver relevant content in as memorable a way as possible so those inspiring ideas stick!
BOOKS
The Humor Advantage
Why Some Businesses Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank
The Humor Advantage is packed with ideas on how you can create a more innovative, collaborative, service-driven culture that drives outrageous results! It delivers a firehose of information that will turn your culture upside down (in a good way!).
Hire, Inspire, and
Fuel Their Fire
How to Recruit, Onboard, and Train New Employees to Live Your Culture Out Loud
Hire, Inspire, and Fuel Their Fire is filled with inspiring and fun ideas that will help you attract the right employees for your culture, add some much-needed oomph to your onboarding, and truly inspire new employees to live your culture and your values out loud starting on day one!
The Jerk-Free Workplace
How You Can Take the Lead to Create a Happier, More Inspiring Workplace
This isn’t just about giving jerky work behaviors the boot. The Jerk-Free Workplace offers up an inspiring roadmap on how to take the lead when you’re not the boss – although you’ll definitely want your boss to read it, too. If you want to work in a happier, more inspiring workplace, this is the book for you!