What Thailand and Vietnam Taught Me About Work, Worth, and Letting Go
During our travels through Thailand and Vietnam, entrepreneurship seemed to appear everywhere—in mountain villages, on quiet streets, and in roadside stalls. No polish, no perfection—just people offering their work with confidence and care. It’s a reminder of what happens when we stop waiting for the perfect moment and start taking small, imperfect steps forward.
Transform Your Meetings and Build a Strong Team Culture with These 6 Simple Strategies
Transform your team meetings and cultivate a strong team culture with these 6 easy-to-implement strategies.
Do Carrots and Sticks work?
When stakes seem high and people aren’t producing, carrots and sticks often start to show up. But does it work?
If You Can’t Do, Teach
If you can’t do, you should teach. You learn best by teaching. Don’t overlook the opportunity that teaching can provide. It can make a big impact on you and others.
How to Build Culture Like Oxford
The way Oxford differs - and excels - is in its purposeful creation of community. Yet, building community doesn’t have to be challenging. It also may be less about picking the right people and more about setting the necessary conditions for community to thrive.
A Lesson Learned from the Great Resignation
The Great Resignation has been a surprising post-pandemic outcome. Entrepreneurship is on the rise. People want to have authority over their actions and surroundings and entrepreneurship is one way to accomplish this.
While this is great news for all those budding entrepreneurs, what about the rest of the workforce? Fortunately, they too can experience the same outcomes and rewards.
The Joy of Unexpected Gifts
No program or work environment is successful without ongoing support and appreciation. Consistent gestures create an environment of kindness and positivity where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.
Can bosses be friends?
Keep the work environment inclusive. Friendships between bosses and subordinates makes this difficult to do.
The Danger of Breathing In Your Own Exhaust
When people fall in love with their own creation, they can lose the ability to see or hear anything to the contrary. As Lisa Gansky puts it, “whatever comes out of your mouth is all you’re inhaling.” It can be fatal.
Improve Work Culture with These Three Things
Bringing a little more of one or all of these basic needs may make a big difference to your work culture.