Always running late? Do you keep telling yourself that you’ll be on time tomorrow? You’ll make it to the appointment on time next time. You’ll get to your lunch meeting a couple minutes…

I recently heard about a 500-person company on the east coast that doesn’t have a vacation policy for its employees. Actually, it does, but the entire policy is just four words: “Take what…

At a certain point in your career, people are going to want to schedule meetings with you, take you to lunch, use you as a sounding board and ask your advice.  They’re going…

In any job, once you’re trained and reach a level of competency, there can be a lot of freedom in how you spend your days. There’s the stuff that you must do, the…

Company culture has become a buzzword. Job seekers want to find a culture they think they can grow in, and current employees want to be in an environment where they enjoy their work….

You can outsource just about anything these days. There are whole databases devoted to freelance graphic designers, editors, artists, writers, coding experts, app developers, and more.   If you’re a small business owner,…

When’s the last time you went home and posted on your personal Facebook page about something you’re working on in your office? The last time you Tweeted about something that happened at work…

Before I found my voice (literally), I was a mime for 25 years. I had a wonderful career performing in thousands of different venues, from cruise ships to schools to amusement parks to…

Every time I travel to present my keynote, I bring a folder of everything I’ll need to make my travels and program go as smoothly as possible. In that folder, I always include…

It sounds like “That was my mistake” rather than “My new employee doesn’t know what he’s doing.” It sounds like “I appreciate your ideas, please tell me more at our meeting” rather than…

This is what always running late says about you. It says: “I’m passive-aggressive.” “I’m disorganized.” “I don’t care about you.” “I always put myself first.” “I’m forgetful.” “I’m overbooked.” “The world revolves around…

We’ve all been through work reviews where you sit down with your boss, go over your past performance, project new goals, and consider whether you deserve a raise or a new title. Your…

Having a cell phone is a privilege, not a right. So prior to my 11-year-old and 13-year-old getting their first “dumb” phones activated, they had to agree to this contract: My wife wrote…

About one mile from my office is a large pharmaceutical company called Prasco. From the outside, it looks like a typical office park in the middle of our upper middle class community. But…

I love doing corporate coaching. I sit in a day or two of meetings, listening to the problems, challenges, and exciting work to be done moving forward. At the end of two days,…

According to Gallup, leadership is the #1 issue that 79% of companies are struggling with. There are many reasons why companies have issues with leadership, and though I can’t go into them all,…

Do you have an “Elle-evator” in your office? An “Elle-evator” is the person who isn’t satisfied with sloppiness, who constantly looks for ways to improve, and pushes themselves and everyone around them up…

Does your attitude matter if you’re more or less getting the job done? Let’s say you serve burgers for a living — does it really matter how much enthusiasm you put into serving…