“The only thing that is constant is change.” — Heraclitus If change is so constant, why do we suck at change management so badly? Right now around the country, change initiatives are failing by the dozen. A few of these initiatives fail because they are ill conceived notions. A few fail because they’re poorly planned. […]

People often undermine their own leadership development by looking to established leaders for help solving problems that they can solve on their own. It’s a part of human nature, and a personal-risk mitigation play. “If I ask the boss for the solution, I won’t be responsible for any failure.” Put another way, “I won’t get […]

The Dress Code Situation For years, General Motors had a dress code in their employee handbook that was 10 pages long. Whoa. “What’ll I wear today?” Glancing through the closet. “Wait a second, wait a second.” Sitting in the reading chair and picking up a ten pound employee handbook. “Gotta do a little source research […]

The Teamwork Challenge People say things to us all the time that don’t seem to make sense. The easy thing, the automatic response, for so many people is to respond with: That makes no sense. You make no sense. What are you talking about? You have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s a terrible […]

There are a number of factors contributing to the prevalence of mind-numbing corporate training programs out there that don’t lead to change. In this video, 4 reasons and remedies.It’s not a lack of great information. And it’s not a shortage of well-meaning corporate training providers. I blame school. It’s the model we all have for […]

Here are some action items taken from the episode to help you put your company’s core values to work: Step 1: To get your company values off the wall, and actually working in your organization from top to bottom, make sure INTEGRITY tops the list. Without integrity, your other values are just suggestions. Step 2: […]

The Circumstance and The Problem New ideas represent change. And change implies risk. Risk brings fear. So… Very often, when one person in the office proposes change, someone else — out of fear — responds with some form of “no.” And, “no” is a communication inhibitor. No takes many forms. That’s a good idea, but […]

These videos — the first in our Kicker and Shifter series — will help you take your company values off the wall and put them to work in the day-to-day operations of your business.

GUEST: Bud Torcom https://mazamamedia.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/budtorcom/ Twitter: @BudTorcom   HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONVERSATION:   Bud Torcom’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal is an anxiety free workplace.   I’ve wanted to treat people the way I want to be treated and work in the kind of workplace I’d want to be working in.   As a digital marketing […]

Today I’m thinking about the unconscious communications we all make. Someone says or does something in our presence. Then, quick as a flash, we give them a non-verbal micro-response. It might be a sound, a gesture, a facial expression. These non-verbals go by so quickly, we may not even know they happened. Like it or […]

With just 5 cents, you can make a major upgrade to your company culture. And are you ready for the kicker? You don’t even have to spend the five cents. You can keep your money and still get the upgrade. Look in the sofa cushions, grab five pennies, and read on. COMPANY CULTURE There’s a […]

It’s Month End Sales time. Sales Leaders and Sales Pros… As we near the end of the month, you may be feeling pressure. Maybe it’s self-imposed. Maybe it’s coming from above. Maybe both. Pressure to hit your numbers. Especially now as we head into Q4. Don’t turn month end sales into relationship-end sales. Remember, your […]