I have overhauled the Resources page on this website. Whether it’s time management, working with your people, better thinking or having meaningful discussions with your team, Resources gives you downloadable materials to use. The emphasis is on practical next steps. Let me know what you think. Here’s the link.
Podcast 106: So you have to go to a mandatory workshop … (Mike and Mark: live!)
Have you ever been strongly suggested to attend a presentation or workshop? Perhaps even “voluntold?” This episode is to help you make the most of it. And for the first time ever, Mike and Mark facilitated some workshops together. So for the first time ever, they recorded an episode sitting in the same room. Let the dumpster fire ensue. We …
Do you pass the toxic culture test?
MIT Sloan Management Review published “Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About Toxic Culture.” It includes the Toxic Five Culture Attributes–worth a read and a gut check. When I started working in the car business, my father reminded me that there was a hiring culture of, “Throw them up against the wall and see who sticks.” Nowadays, there is probably …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Wild Weekend
I’m cheating today. You may have noticed I am really strict about featured songs including horn SECTIONS, not just a horn. But: I happen to have worked with Mickey Kipler, the sax player for this band that toured with Roy Orbison and appeared on American Bandstand. Years after meeting him, I met a seasoned sales veteran in another state. He …
Lessons from a dude getting women and newbies excited about golf
This may be blocked unless you can access LinkedIn, but a golf pro and driving range owner published this insightful article about how he figured out to get women playing and enjoying golf. It’s worth a read if you are an industry trying to include new customer bases (i.e., new revenue streams). (Have you checked your toilets lately?) It’s a …
Podcast 105: Coach Wooden, Gandhi and Michael Jackson got it right.
Still on a high (Mike prefers the term “learning hangover”) from our conversation with the CEO of the John R. Wooden Course, Mike and Mark discuss one of the core tenants of the Wooden approach. Lead by example. Simple to say, hard to execute, profound in its impact. We would love your questions and comments for future episodes: …
A clean, well-lighted metaverse
More information continues to come to light on what our employees and customers think about the metaverse. I am, of course, talking about middle-aged people paying off home mortgages from talking raccoons. I owe Tom Nook, like, 90,000 Bells If you’re not familiar, Animal Crossing is a game where you (or, I should say, your cute avatar) arrive at an …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: The Universal
Blur perhaps isn’t for everybody. And a Clockwork Orange-referencing video isn’t for everybody either. (It’s a song from a band that proclaimed “Modern Life Is Rubbish,” then made an album discussing “The Great Escape.” The escape described in this song sounds like more modern rubbish. More of that postmodern cry for authenticity.) Regardless, there’s a really nice version of the …
Finally, an employee financial literacy program
I’ve said on here before that every workplace nowadays needs some sort of health program and a financial literacy program. Somebody is finally doing it: Automotive News – Austin Infiniti’s latest retention tool: Financial literacy Notice now simple it is. No vendor, no massive program. Just an executive assistant teaching four classes. They’ve already had employees pay off debts. And …
Podcast 104 (our two-year special!): The magic of Coach Wooden–an interview with his disciple
We’ve produced two years of weekly podcasts! To celebrate, here’s a fascinating conversation with a mentor of our mentor–who was mentored by the Wizard of Westwood himself. Lynn Guerin is CEO of the John R. Wooden Course. He partnered with Coach Wooden to create the course, sharing Wooden’s legacy of “timeless wisdom for personal and team success.” In our interview, …