As the year winds down and comes to a close, and our minds turn to celebration, I’d like to invite you to spend a little time on reflection. These will be some of the questions I’ll be playing with as I reflect on my year. Please feel free to use them, or use…
In my experience, there are very few people who are happy at work every day. Challenging customers or bosses, smart competitors looking to put a dent in your business, or even a bad flu season can impact your ability to stay happy and positive at work. What I have observed is that those who…
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am very grateful. Positive Leaders “get” gratitude. For one thing, they practice gratitude. They find their own ways of feeling it, celebrating it and sharing it. They practice its many forms throughout their day, knowing that in a world where leaders broadcast their emotions constantly, gratitude is…
I’m out in CA visiting my daughter and enjoying the grand kids. Getting ready for dinner the other night, she pulled out some of the “company china” to make the table special. I love that. It reminded me of one of my earliest clients who used a personal story to illustrate to her staff…
“For the most part, customers are irrational beings, making many decisions based on feelings and emotions, some which they don’t even know they have. Nothing we do triggers these emotions more than the experience our customers have with us every day. When everyone here finally realizes and embraces their role in this, we will have…
Did you notice we tend to save our celebrations for the really big moments in life rather than taking the time to rejoice in the everyday accomplishments that make us proud? That’s unfortunate because it limits the number of celebrations we have. Let’s change that. Why not ask yourself (and those who work with you),…
“Of course we care about our wages and we wouldn’t work without them. But we care about more than money.We want work that is challenging and engaging, that enables us to exercise some discretion and control of what we do, and that provides us opportunities to grow.” So says, Barry Schwartz, a professor of psychology…
When I lived up north I was an avid organic gardener. I learned the tomatoes were happy when I prepared the soil well, fed it compost, oriented the plot toward the sun, watered it deeply, planted at the right time, picked off the bugs, drowned the slugs, planted basil on one side of them and…
A recent study by CEO.com revealed that 87% Inc. 500 CEOs are active on social media. Their companies are growing fast and they know the value of keeping their finger on the pulse of what their customers (and competitor’s customers are saying). Whether large or small business, executives are learning the benefits that come along by being…
In the last few days of June, I had the pleasure to attend the Fourth World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association. Wow! I was amazed at the rush of people that moved ever so quickly as the doors opened to get seats at the front of the ballroom which held all 1500 of…
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