Since 2012, we’ve seen the rising tide of fast food workers across the country protesting for higher wages. In fact, they’re asking for $15/hour instead of the $8.74 average wage they currently earn. So, what’s an employer to do and why are these employees targeting...
Recently Laurie Ruettimann published a blog, “Yes, Your Company Culture Is Really Just a Myth” where she basically spit in the face of any organization that attempts to leverage their OC as a competitive advantage. Well, you can deny OC all you want, but that’s like...
Leveraging your Organizational Culture (OC) for a competitive advantage takes intentional and consistent application of The OC Equation™ (Values + Philosophies x Actions = OC). In other words, consistently living your values and philosophies through your actions....
We’ve recently been inundated by the news coming out of the NFL regarding domestic violence and child abuse perpetrated by some of the league’s star players, notably Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens, and Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings. Ray Rice was...
One of my clients has a business that makes money in spite of itself and the controlling and micromanaging leadership style exhibited by the majority of their executive leadership team. They’re rolling in revenue and profit – in other words, things look great on the...
Once upon a time… in a BIG northern city, there lived and worked two delivery drivers – one that worked for UPS and one that worked for FedEx. One day, the FedEx driver’s delivery truck broke down with numerous packages yet to be delivered before 5:00 pm. What was...
