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Even with great employee ideas, common leadership missteps can kill the motivation to change. Discover the "Tariff on Employee Ideas" and learn about the Five Motivation Killers that impose it....
Faced with a massive profit gap and a tight deadline, a food distribution CEO turned to her frontline teams and the Ideas-to-Action 60-day sprint model. Discover how prioritizing speed delivered extraordinary results....
Why do so many change initiatives lose steam? Discover the power of prioritizing speed, inspired in part by lessons from the playing style of tennis legend Björn Borg, and learn how the Ideas-to-Action 60-day sprint model keeps motivation high and delivers rapid results....
Renovating my lake house, I struggled with complex options to improve the view while respecting constraints. Discover how a surprisingly simple suggestion revealed the power of "Embracing Simplicity" and led to a spectacular transformation....
When declining customer satisfaction and rising costs plagued a national appliance repair company, their leadership team embraced simplicity to stop the bleeding. Discover how they used "precision planning" to find the right leverage point for tapping the employee-powered innovation to achieve rapid results....
Are complex change initiatives overwhelming your teams and stalling progress? Discover the power of "Embrace Simplicity," a core Ideas to Action principle for achieving faster results and boosting engagement through focused, practical methods....
Why do 70% of change initiatives fail? Discover the "Psychological Impasse to Change"—a hidden cycle of skepticism, overload, and cynicism—and learn how to break through it....
Are your employee engagement programs delivering real results, or just creating an illusion of progress? This cautionary tale reveals the common pitfalls of "engagement for engagement's sake."...
Does your organization really value every voice? A surprising lesson from my family dinner table reveals a powerful principle for employee-powered innovation....