Accountability can be scary and when something is scary we tend to make excuses about why it won’t work in our lives. Keita Williams, Founder and Chief Strategist of Success Bully, joined me on my podcast recently to share some accountability truth bombs. It’s time to do some excuse busting! Excuse #1 – Accountability is…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 92: On today’s show, I’m speaking to Elena Valentine, the Co-Founder, CEO, and Servant Leader of Skill Scout, a Chicago-based filmmaking company. Elena and her colleagues are workplace documentarians—they tell workplace stories. What’s a workplace story? Well, it could be a video on a careers page. It could be a film…
Today is Carnival of HR Day — a marvelous celebration of HR thought leaders, creators, and storytellers. Do you still read HR blogs? I do! I may not wear iPhone Air Pods and commute to the office, but I’m on top of people who have big ideas about fixing work. Here’s what came across my…
Jess Ekstrom, founder of Headbands of Hope and the author of the best-selling book, Chasing the Bright Side: Embrace Optimism, Activate Your Purpose, and Write Your Own Story, recently joined me on my podcast, Let’s Fix Work. While I am naturally a cynical podcast host, we had a thought-provoking conversation about optimism, hope, and service…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 91: On today’s show, I’m talking to Keita Williams. She’s the founder and chief strategist of Success Bully. Success Bully is an elite accountability practice for high achievers and Type As who are stuck and need strategic support (aka a professional butt-kicking) to create momentum in their personal and professional lives. …
The role of employees as fans can be complicated. I mean, it’s hard to be a fan of something that has financial control over you or has control over your future. Yet the best employees, the most engaged employees, and the happiest employees, feel a sense of autonomy. They feel like all of their needs…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 90: Today I am joined by Jess Ekstrom, founder of Headbands of Hope and the author of the best-selling book, Chasing the Bright Side: Embrace Optimism, Activate Your Purpose, and Write Your Own Story. If you haven’t guessed already, I’m a naturally cynical podcast host. But I loved my conversation with…
So you want to become an influencer or thought leader in 2020? Well, in a recent episode of Let’s Fix Work, I shared five tips to help you achieve that goal. Today, I wanted to share two of those five tips with you. The first thing you need to understand when setting out to become…
I belong to a small cohort of people who like the same things, listen to the same music, read and share the same damn articles. How do I get new information? Where do I go to find new ideas? Good questions. Groupthink is toxic but tough to avoid. At the beginning of my freelance career,…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 89: Ready to jump into the new year with a talk about marketing, sales, and music? Perfect, then you are in for a treat! My guest this week is David Meerman Scott. He is a business performance consultant, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Fanocracy: Turning Fans Into Customers and Customers Into…
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