In the swirling winds of day-to-day activity, this year appears to have slipped by at an unbelievable pace. Don’t look now but the year is zipping by. Looking back...
There are no two snowflakes alike as they say. Watching snow fall in a recent winter storm in Western South Dakota brought to mind that organizations are made up...
Our hearts go out to those who are experiencing shock, tragedy and uncertainty during difficult times. We lift our many readers up who are from or have friends or...
I was chatting with a colleague of mine about the weather outside one day this fall, and yes it was frightful as the song goes. The air was filled...
“The SWOT analysis is for the inexperienced” is what a MBA professor exclaimed in a business strategy course I took a while ago. I, along with my fellow students,...
Conflict is a normal part of life. The cost of unchecked workplace conflict is high tension, increased absenteeism, and low concentration, ultimately impacting productivity. Unchecked conflict can also result...
“ “You can never step into the same river twice.” Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher The river flows through the rocks and mud, forever changing the mountains, hills, and forest that...
Sailing in the seas of workforce performance and development at times seems like a foggy and treacherous journey. We hear the waves crashing against rocks such as high turnover,...
One of my favorite playground activities in a small-town grade school was [emphasis *was*] the teeter totter, also called a seesaw. It stopped being my favorite the first time a...
According to a recent Gallup report, “after trending up in recent years, employee engagement in the U.S. saw its first annual decline in a decade – dropping from 36%...