2013 Year End
Yes, it's the annual year in review post! This has been a year of big change. In March I left my job of the last five years and went back out on my own, and this summer I sold my house of the last 17 years and have been ...
Category: Announcements
Ebook Release: Culture That Works
I am excited to announce the release of my second ebook, Culture that Works: How Getting Serious About Culture Unlocks New Performance. My intention with this book is to make culture (and culture change) something tha ...
Build the Skills Needed for a Collaborative Culture
We're heading into the end of the year, which is a good time to show some appreciation to staff for all their hard work. So instead of that annual chuck on the shoulder and Starbucks gift card, why not actually invest in ...
Managing Online Conflict
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, there was a bit of a blowup in one of the online communities to which I belong. The American Society of Association Executives has an active private online community, and the other day ...
Time Is Running Out
***UPDATE*** We met our $250,000 goal!!! Can you believe that?! 90 riders and we raised $250,000. But that doesn't mean you're off the hook. Please give! I leave Wednesday afternoon for Ride Allegheny, so you are just ...
Who Do You Know That Would Benefit from Humanize?
Humanize is now available as an audio book on audible.com, and we've got five copies to give away! But instead of just giving 5 copies to the first five commenters, I thought I'd make it a bit more interesting. I want to ...
I Need Your Help
Or, more accurately, a group of soldiers, wounded in battle, need your help. If you know me, you know that every fall I ride 300 miles from Pittsburgh back home to the DC area. The four-day ride started out as purely rec ...
Intentionally Creating Your Culture – Session at #asae13
That's what Robert Barnes did. Rob's the General Manager at Fitness Australia (and my one and only Guest Poster here on this blog so far!), and he and I will be speaking this weekend at ASAE's Annual Meeting in Atlanta, ...
Making Conflict Work for Your Organization
My second White Paper in the "Making it Work" series is out! Click here to go to the download form and get it for free. This one is about one of my favorite topics: conflict. I started my career twenty years ago in th ...
Harnessing the Power of Social Business (Slides)
Below are the slides (with some notes) from the presentation I made this week at the Associations Forum National Conference in Sydney, Australia (okay, I wasn't there in person, but I made the presentation via Skype). I ...