Today’s ‘Link-O-Rama’ has a distinct focus on advice about how humans interact.  There’s arguing, listening, situational awareness and all the drama of a street fight. Read on to learn more about authenticity, transparency and how people can actually conflict in a constructive way. -Steve   1.  I Can See Right Through You: In this short [...]

Earlier this year, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was identified in a Harvard Business Review survey of his peers as the world’s Top CEO.  That’s a pretty impressive accolade considering that many people – including some of these same peers – believed his business model was destined to failure when he launched Amazon (as Cadabra) not even [...]

Few things please the human senses more than the arrival of Spring. In some years, that joy is magnified by the experience of a harsh winter. Such is the case for a lot of my friends in the Northern United States this year. They had one of the longest, most miserable winters in recent memory. [...]

Earth Day was last Monday – so I’ve spent this entire week offering dozens of ways that Change Agents can go beyond impacting their work environments for the better by contributing to protecting the planet’s environment. Each idea we’ve shared is a simple thing that could contribute to a collective improvement in the impact we [...]

Earth Day was Monday and I’ve spent this week offering ways that Change Agents can go beyond impacting their work for the better by contributing to protecting the environment. Here’s a recap of the week: Monday:  10 Water-Saving Tips Tuesday:  5 Ways to Save on Your Electricity Bill Wednesday:  12 Heating & Cooling Cutters Thursday:  [...]

During this Earth Day week, I’ve been sharing ways that Change Agents can go beyond the walls of their workplace to contribute to a bigger change: sustaining the planet. So far we’ve looked at three areas where we can easily make a positive impact: Monday: Ten Ways to Conserve Water. Tuesday: Five Simple Tips to [...]

Change Agents can do more than impact their places of work. They can change the world – starting in their homes and communities. In recognition of Earth Day, this week, I’m sharing a few simple tips that each of us can take to contribute to sustaining the planet. In Monday’s article, I listed ten ways [...]

Sometimes the easiest way to drive change adoption is to demonstrate where a given change coincides with another person’s natural motivations. So is the case with conserving energy. It saves money. It’s also good for the environment. In honor of Earth Day, this week I’m sharing a few easy ways we can impact our world [...]

Monday is Earth Day in the United States.  I’m not positive, but I think the original purpose of Earth Day was to have us take one day each year to step back and appreciate the beauty and fragility of our planet – and then commit to doing something to preserve it. Hip, Hip, Hurray!  I’m [...]

English author A.A. Milne is best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh.   Most of his tales of the Hundred Acre Wood involved characters such as Tigger, Eeyore and Christopher Robin, but some of the most memorable lines are exchanged between best friends Pooh and Piglet.   Milne’s writings may have been directed [...]

Sometimes the best plan of attack is an inside job… Today’s article is written by a guest blogger named Robert Blaga. Robert is a full-time trainer for a European based multinational company and he’s passionate about leadership, communication and learning. I highly encourage you to check out his blog for internal trainers at http://robertblaga.com/. There [...]

Thomas Jefferson loved to write – not only because he was good at it, but because he knew it to be one of the most effective ways to motivate people toward social progress. Prior to serving as the third US President, he was was entrusted by the Founding Fathers to draft the Declaration of Independence [...]

Change Agents can learn from the Spring Training approach taken by baseball teams. Get your team ready for the Season of Change & Play Ball!

Change Agents would do well to heed the simple, straight-forward advice of former Baltimore Orioles pitching coach Ray Miller when he counseled young hurlers to “Work Fast.Throw Strikes. Change Speeds.”