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May 21, 2014
Recently I wrote about two types of organizations- compliant and committed. I explored the different attempts businesses make to get their company to reach new goals, achieve new limits, and exceed the targets. I concluded that a committed team is best for the long term future and success of a business and that leaders […]
October 9, 2012
I was working with a business leader recently who asked me the question, “why won’t my people do what I want”? The answer is relatively simple: because people do what they want. If what they want and what you want is in conflict, guess who loses every time? The challenge of leadership is to […]
May 25, 2012
When I work with organizations that are trying to improve their employee engagement I often hear something like “well it’s tough to keep people engaged here because there’s not a lot of opportunity for advancement”. Relatively flat companies don’t feel like they have enough carrots in place to keep people motivated, committed and bringing […]
November 18, 2009
A good friend of mine sent me a video clip the other day that I found to be very interesting. It was an experiment conducted at a train terminal in Stockholm and in this day and age of viral information I’m sure many of you have seen it by now. The experiment was to […]
April 27, 2009
I knew it would happen when I named the company 4th Gear Consulting. I get a lot of questions about the name and what it means and I enjoy answering them because it really is at the heart of what we are about. Many people assume that it’s about speed and while that’s certainly […]