Here’s What Happens When a Team is Not Results-Oriented
Sabina and her cousin Ramin built a patient portal platform, Medtown Square, for small medical practices, which incorporates articles and message boards to foster a sense of community and care. After a lot of blood, sweat and tears the product went live two years ago. The Problem The good news is that they managed to […]
Why Accountability is a Must For Teamwork and How To Create It
“Courtney really gets on my nerves,” Mario said to his coworker Amira. The two were sitting in the commissary, trays of food in front of them, ready to eat lunch. “She has to be ‘miss perfect’ and flaunt finishing her projects,” Mario continued. “Yet getting her work done before everyone else doesn’t satisfy her—she continually […]
Does Your Team Have Commitment Issues?
It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon and Claudia was irritated. She’d just left her weekly product development meeting, and despite genuine effort, she still had no idea where her team was going. It didn’t matter how many questions she asked, or how many concrete priorities she suggested, no one on the team could definitively commit. […]
Why Conflict at Work is a Good Thing
When Gabriel visited headquarters from his Milwaukee office, everything seemed great. Members of the team welcomed him warmly, invited him to lunch, and had his workstation set up. Gabriel would be there for a week to transition the team to a new software platform to track their hours, request vacation days, check benefits, find employee […]
Three Ways To Develop Trust At Work
Emmanuelle looks around the room at the sales team. She’s new at the company and still learning about the relationship dynamics between her coworkers. Tensions are running high as it was just announced that the team didn’t make their sales goal for the second month in a row. Not that she’s surprised. This past month, […]
What To Do When You Feel Disengaged and Disinterested in Your Work
We did it! My daughter, husband and I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. If you’re just joining us on this adventure, be sure to start here to get caught up on the journey and the lessons learned. As it turns out, the toughest lesson of the adventure was waiting for me when we got home. But back […]
It’s Time To Experiment With Slowing Down
This is the third post in a series about my family adventure hiking Mount Kilimanjaro. If you’re joining us now for the first time, please start here . The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men… It’s 11pm and we start our final ascent to 19,000 feet. We are excited; Mount Kilimanjaro, we’re coming to get […]
Check In With Your Values and Prepare To Reach New Heights
I went on an adventure with my family and I can’t wait to share our story with you. Over the next few weeks, I’ll tell you all about our journey, the lessons I learned along the way, and the hardship I overcame in the end. If you’re just joining the adventure, start here. After months […]
The Tallest Freestanding Mountain is Calling…Do You Answer?
I went on an adventure with my family and can’t wait to share our story with you. Over the next few weeks, I’ll tell you all about our journey, the lessons I learned along the way, and the hardship I overcame in the end. I was shocked when my daughter said yes to climbing Mount […]
The Future of HR: Anne Loehr Interviewed By German Professor, Dr. Peter M. Wald
Dr. Peter M. Wald, a professor at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences of 10 years, contacted me for an international perspective of the future of human resources (HR). This university is Saxony’s largest University of Applied Sciences and one of the largest in Germany- more than 200 years old. Dr. Wald’s area of expertise is human resource […]
