Leadership Blog: Culture

Every year, I look forward to the holidays and Christmas shopping. For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed spending time looking for the perfect gift – something meaningful, usually practical and often an item that the person would not get otherwise.

Imagine a diverse group of your employees coming together to talk “productively” about the issues you face and collaborating to come up with better ideas.

In this blog, I have shared leadership lessons I have learned from mentors, millennials, my mom, my kids and others. But I’ve also learned some lessons recently from a much younger age group: preschoolers. I recently returned from a trip to Disney World with my three grandchildre…

When addressing the group at employee social events, I’m known for asking, “Are we going to break the fun meter today?” Everyone usually smiles and it lightens the mood because they know we have a history of creating events that people just don’t want to miss. We recently hosted …