Does a higher minimum wage help?

Here is the long-term problem: wages in the US at the bottom to middle have stagnated or fallen in the last 30 years.* Most millennials do not believe they will earn

Does humor work at work?

The recent passing of Joan Rivers so soon after Robin Williams had me thinking this week about humor. What makes something funny?

Are you the manager from hell*?

A recent Gallop Study showed that 20% of employees are ACTIVELY disengaged at work. Are you the cause? Management actions are a common reason for employee disengagement. How might you undermine the work of your associates?

Whack-a-Mole – Part 2

Last week we talked about how many CEO’s are really behaving like Chief Whack-a-Mole Officers. The same problem keeps popping up over and over again and they keep whacking it to no avail. And I shared some important questions you should ask yourself if you self-identified as a CWO. Your answers should begin to help […]

Jellies

I toured an exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore about “Jellies” – jelly fish. They do an amazing job in multi-media presentations. Screens with comments about the tanks underneath, beautiful displays, mood lighting and of course, the star of the show, the jelly fish.