Blogs
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Mastering Challenging Conversations Webinar Recording Access
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...
Lessons from a Grizzly on the Importance of Recognizing Quiet Excellence at Work
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...
Assessing Your Workplace Culture: Where is Your Workplace Culture on the Culture Mojo Scale?
Here are some questions to mull over as you ponder how you might define your workplace culture and assess where your culture currently sits on the culture mojo scale. What are your unwritten rules that guide everyone’s behaviors? This is a question that can reveal...
Keeping Motivated During a Big Project: 8 Ways To Stay Motivated Until You Cross the Finish Line
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...
Compassionate and Kind Leadership Drives Results
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...
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 25 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!).
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!
Small Moments, Big Outcomes
How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results
It’s about the small things you can do as a culture leader to intentionally build a more collaborative, compassionate, and inspiring workplace culture. Packed with practical ideas based on real world examples, Small Moments, Big Outcomes will help you lead with greater confidence and purpose.
