On the last day of the 2012 McDonald’s Owner-Operator Convention, the crowd of over 15,000 McDonald’s devotees made their way from booth to booth in a massive exhibit hall of sights, sounds, tastes and resources centered around the most successful fast food brand in the world.
MTM Recognition, as a 35-year recognition partner and supplier of fine […]
Educational thought-leaders in America have asserted for decades that promoting higher self-esteem among school children would lead to higher achievement. However, after all the certificates for good effort and awards and ceremonies for participating, results indicate few academic gains from this approach.
In the words of Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, a leading researcher in the […]
When Walt Disney was in his later years, a young boy visited the Disney studio and asked one of the great innovators of our time, “What do you do around here?” Mr. Disney humbly replied, “I think of myself as a little bee, going around here and pollinating ideas.”
There are few organizations as effective as […]
In her article, Ms. Ciccarelli addresses the topic of the year: What happens to top talent when the recovery gets into full swing? She sought to answer the question with stories from how the nation’s largest companies are coping with this challenge.
First, consider the potential problems for companies based on the Aon Hewitt Engagement 2.0 […]
After Thomas Edison’s seven-hundredth unsuccessful attempt to invent electric light, he was asked by a New York Times reporter, “How does it feel to have failed seven hundred times?” The great inventor responded, “I have not failed seven hundred times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those seven hundred ways […]
In his best-selling book Drive, author Daniel H. Pink suggests that our methods of managing people in the 21st century need an “upgrade” to what he terms “Motivation 3.0” – a more forward-way of thinking that goes beyond “Motivation 1.0” where humans were motivated by fulfilling their basic needs and “Motivation 2.0” where […]
Marshall Goldsmith was recognized as one of the fifteen “most influential business thinkers in the world” in a bi-annual study sponsored by The London Times newspaper and Forbes magazine in 2009.
He is the author or co-editor of 31 books and is one of the few executive advisors who has been asked to work with more […]
We all “keep score” – from counting our calories, to the number of “friends” on our Facebook account, to our standings in our fantasy league, to the number of days before our next vacation (or Friday!), to the actual score of the game we’re watching.
By tapping into this habit (and competitive spirit) we have for […]
It may come as a surprise to even the most ardent sports fan that John Gagliardi has the most victories in NCAA college football history. But his record 484 wins over a 63-year coaching career (which came to an end in 2011), is not nearly as impressive – or surprising – as the philosophy he […]