How To Shape & Sculpt Your Performance
How good is your Performance? Not last year, not someday, but right now. In leadership you are required to judge the performance of those you lead on a very frequent basis. In sports those who stay in the game the longest are the highest performers. In sales you must perform or you’re out of a […]
Another Kid’s School Concert
By December 10th our family had already been to 7 holiday concerts between school, community events, and church. This past week we faithfully trudged to yet another one…I’m just assuming you’re experiencing the same thing at this time of year! After my daughter’s dance number was over (hers was the first one) we had […]
The $10 Million Bonus
Imagine going to your annual holiday party with the expectations of a normal event: drinks, socializing, reminding your peers of your partner’s name…maybe even reminding your boss that you work there. The executive team welcomes you, surprisingly hands you a red envelope, gathers everyone around to stand and listen to the usual speeches before getting […]
Gratitude
The box on our porch was so big I needed to have help bringing it in the house. Excited and surprised, we wondered what it could be. As our family tore into the paper filling we unveiled the yummiest, tastiest, most thoughtful gift we could imagine: Scones, Muffins, Jams & Jellies, Honey & Flavored Butter, […]
The Break Dancing Maintenance Technician Promise
Recently I spoke in New Orleans to a wonderful group who had partied hard the night before I gave the Closing Keynote Speech. Although tired, they were still a very fun group and energized. Everyone was talking about their peer who had revealed his incredible moves and “Break Dancing” at their evening party. They […]
Clarify – Recognize Greatness on the Work Family
Clarify – the 2nd step of the Signature Moves Process. IDENTIFY CLARIFY MAGNIFY How do we help others discover and clarify their contribution to the team? We tell them as often as possible. We congratulate them on a job well done. We acknowledge greatness every chance we get. The Work Family is a […]
The Elvis Example
Recently I had a client asking me to return and deliver The Promise with one big change: They needed all new stories, examples and musical impressions…while still wanting the messaging of The Promise as we’d done the year prior. Thrilled, and equally terrified, I went to work on creating a new experience for this […]
The Promise of Change
“I’m looking to buy a Subaru Outback“, I told the salesman, “and I have a trade-in.” He looked me up and down, “What kind of trade-in you got?” “It’s an Escalade EXT, 26″ rims, black, I’ve washed it with a diaper daily for the past few years, it’s essentially brand new, beautiful, and will […]
The Fan Experience
Sitting down to lunch a few blocks from the venue where I had just finished my stage performance for thousands in attendance, I basked in the glory of another standing ovation moment. Right as I bit into my sandwich a large group of lanyard wearing attendees from the event where I had just […]
Private Jet Flight to Deliver the Climate Change Talk
“We’ve been talking about saving the Amazon for 30 years, and we’re still talking about it!” ~ Harrison Ford Yes, THE actor Harrison Ford of Han Solo/Indiana Jones/The Fugitive fame, delivered that passionate line in his speech at the UN Climate Action Summit last week in New York about saving the environment…and then promptly hopped […]