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Double Down on Culture

I am always on the lookout for organizations that truly understand the power of culture. I read of one such organization in this month’s Fast Company magazine. Warby Parker is a US-based online...



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Create Opportunities to Thrive

Our pond beaver continues to prepare for the winter up here at 8500 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. With temperatures below freezing each night, 95% of the pond’s surface has iced...



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A Deeper Look at the new #CoolCulture Research

In October I released my new Performance-Values Assessment and invited readers (from my blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn) to respond. The initial responses are in. Last week’s post began...



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The First Look at the new #CoolCulture Research

About one month ago I released my new Performance-Values Assessment and invited readers (from my blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn) to respond. The initial responses are in; this post looks at...



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Change Your Perspective And Connect

I’d heard about our “pond beaver” for a year. My lovely bride (of 33 years) Diane has seen it. The neighbors have seen it. I’d never seen it, until this past Friday. Since...



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No Regrets: Live by Your Values

Recently, a friend sent me a February 2012 article about the “Top Five Regrets of the Dying.” Nurse and songwriter Bronnie Ware originally shared these insights from her work as a...



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Inspire Staff to Notice & Act

Contaminated steroid medicine from a Boston, MA, pharmaceutical compounding center caused a massive spinal meningitis outbreak in the US over the last month. That outbreak lead to the deaths of 25,...



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Personal Integrity is in Your Hands

This week, the USADA released “conclusive and undeniable proof” of Lance Armstrong’s doping conspiracy. Within a day, eight of Armstrong’s sponsors – including Nike,...



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Does Your Culture Retain & Attract Talent?

The lifeblood of any organization is it’s people. Fabulous products and services are certainly beneficial, but those alone don’t make a “cool culture.” Your people are the...



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Does Your Team Have “One Mind, One Heart, One Voice”?

The signs of team mis-alignment are all around us, if we only choose to notice. Two replacement NFL officials stand over opposing players in the end zone in the closing seconds of a recent game. One...



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