The Positive Culture Book cheaper than coffee
Exciting news: the publisher offers the Kindle version of my Positive Culture book at only 99 cents from 26-28 June! Benefit from these 3 magic days and download your copy…
What’s your Why? Here’s mine.
What's my Why? Why do I care about contributing to positive organizations? Maybe because I know what it's like to be "doing time" within a locked building, ruled by the…
Love in the workplace
Is your workplace positive and loving? Does the question make you flinch? The word love is reserved for the private space. It is a taboo at work. But that doesn't…
Change Circles engage the whole
Now we get to the last part of this positive power series, where we focus on the whole organization. So far, we have seen Interaction Interventions that you can deploy…
Letting go for leaders
Letting go is vital for cultures, leaders, employees, and organizations. Without letting go, organizations whither away due to micro-management. Too much control stifles engagement, agility, innovation, collaboration, responsibility, and so…
Dare you share failures?
Learning is crucial for a positive culture, but it hardly ever happens without mistakes, hickups, or failures. Learning fast, and learning from others' failures as well, helps your organization become…
Are you still learning?
When was the last time you learned something new? Being a newbie again, can be a wonderful experience. People who thrive have a sense of learning and vitality, as Gretchen…
The power of purpose
You probably know the story of three masons chipping chunks of granite from large blocks. When a bypasser asked what they were doing, the first Mason said: “I’m cutting stones”.…
Dialogue in a World Cafe
Do you need more engagement and positive, constructive ideas? A dialogue to tap into the collective intelligence of a large department or organization can be done in a World Cafe,…
Positive Deviance
Positive cultures lead to productivity and can even stir high performance or "positive deviance". How could you make that work? People perform best when they feel good about themselves, plus:…
Involving and empowering others
Today, let's focus on developing a positive, productive culture from a leading position, so you can involve more others than as an individual positive agent. How could you work with…
How to improve your meetings?
What I’ve learned about improving meetings in my client work aligns with Dan Mezick’s tips to “game your meetings”. Mezick learned this as a Scrum consultant who helped organizations adopt…