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Jeffrey Veyera
Call for Officers
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Folks, we're rebuilding the Team and Workplace Excellence Forum for 2022. This is a terrific opportunity for ...
Jeffrey Veyera Dec '21
Janet Lentz
What Can Your Ruby Slippers Do?
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Most people in the Western world have seen The Wizard of Oz at least once. This is the movie where Dorothy Gale, a poor ...
Janet Lentz Oct '22
Norm Howe
The Right Culture: Not Just About Employee ...
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Engaged employees produce better business outcomes -- across industries, company sizes and nationalities, and ...
Norm Howe Aug '22
Lizabeth Wesely-Casella
Retain High Caliber Talent the Easy Way
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According to the Microsoft report titled The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work 62% of all frontline workers say ...
Lizabeth Wesely-Casella May '22
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz Jun '22

I worked with a professional coach and realized that for me, having a sense of achievement was very important. I was ...

Norm Howe Norm Howe Aug '22

@Janet Lentz
Achievement was #1 on Fred Herzberg's list of motivators. Interestingly, money was not.

Jeremiah Genest
Job Crafting - continuous improvement in practice
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The Harvard Business Review in the article " What Job Crafting Looks Like " by Jane E. Dutton and Amy Wrzesniewski ...
Jeremiah Genest Mar '20
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz Aug '22

@Jeremiah Genest
I ran into this problem in a middle management job that had become unfulfilling. I wanted to ...

Jeffrey Veyera
Who Killed the Workplace? Suspect # 1: Commander ...
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Your intrepid detectives Norm, Jeff, and Lizabeth have been on The Case of the Murdered Workplace for some weeks ...
Jeffrey Veyera Jun '22
Norm Howe Norm Howe Jun '22

“Shut up and color"!! LOL.

Janet Lentz Janet Lentz Jun '22

I wholeheartedly agree. “Growing up” in a C&C environment, it was absolute misery for a lot of people. It bred ...

Steven Prevette Steven Prevette Jul '22

@Jeffrey Veyera

Having been an officer in the US Navy, and on submarines (often described as "Management by ...

Jeffrey Veyera
On A Scale of 1-100, 100 being "Completely Effective", ...
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It has been 35 years since Dr. Deming shared his 14 Points in Out of the Crisis. In Chapter 3, he covers Point 8: “ Drive ...
Jeffrey Veyera Dec '21
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz May '22

I have worked in a fear-based, ”command and control” environment and also in workplaces that were inclusive and ...

Steven Prevette Steven Prevette Jul '22

@Jeffrey Veyera

I can't say the company I worked for (on my day job) did much to drive out fear, mostly tried to drive ...

Norm Howe
Narcissistic bosses stymie knowledge flow, ...
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Research from the University of Washington shows that while narcissistic bosses can often be brilliant, that ...
Norm Howe Jul '22
Norm Howe
Do Less
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Our desire for innovation can keep us from seeing one of the most powerful paths to progress: subtraction. ...
Norm Howe Jun '22
Jeffrey Veyera
Who Killed the Workplace? Suspect # 2: Change (NFN)
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Commander Control seemed like our perp---right up until Nicole George shared her story. Nicole has been waging ...
Jeffrey Veyera Jun '22

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Human Interest & Interesting Humans
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Insights for building a 'Voice of the Customer' ecosystem by Secretary, Lizabeth Wesely-Casella