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No matter what budget cutbacks or resource constraint we are faced with, one simple fact remains clear: It costs nothing for leaders to lead.

I recently facilitated a session for senior leaders of a public utility. In all ways, they were confident that they successfully lived by their values, with one exception: accountability.

Steve discusses the top HR challenge(s) organizations are facing.

View the latest Video Blog. Steve announces the iTouch winner of the ELI contest!

I had the recent opportunity to participate as a panelist at the Women in Cable Television (WICT) Event held in Seattle. Grace Killelea, Senior Vice President at Comcast, offered a keynote on The Four Cornerstones of Staying Essential.

ELI^® President Steve Paskoff announces the winner of the ELI contest.

Watch Steve's latest video blog on the Employee Free Choice Act.

ELI^® President Steve Paskoff welcomes viewers to his first video blog and announces the details of an ELI contest.

I was a discouraged defense trial attorney. During case after case, I was brought in to resolve a situation at a point where the facts had been established for as much as three years or more.

I’m a then and now member of the ELI^® team.

In late October, I had the privilege of speaking to 300 leaders employed by the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in Nova Scotia.

Recently, I completed my first power-lifting competition.

This past May, I traveled with an ELI team to Glasgow, Scotland, to conduct a pilot session for a new client with offices in the U.S., Asia, and Europe.

A few months ago, I was in Belgium helping a U.S.-based client with a global mission...

I vividly recall a conversation I had in 2002 about a training company called ELI.

Actions may speak louder than words, but few things speak louder than words that are documented.

This fall we’ll introduce an updated version of Civil Treatment® for Managers and Civil Treatment® for Employees.

I remember times in my past life in human resources when I was juggling 23 (count them!) things at once and felt that no one could help with any of them.

The 2008 SHRM conference held in the windy city of Chicago was a glowing success.

I just watched Michael Phelps win his eighth Olympic Gold Medal.

A heat wave rolled through the South, and Atlanta has been swelteringly hot.

I've been hearing a lot lately about “The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work.”

Recognizing that unprofessional, disruptive workplace behavior can adversely affect patient care and safety, JCAHO (the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) announced new accreditation standards this month for healthcare organizations and their leadership.

Can business culture learn a lesson from the high-priced gasoline culture?

The blatant cases of harassment and discrimination are gone, people keep telling us.

A few months ago, I was speaking to a client who told me there had been incidents of bad practices and ethical issues arising in her workplace.

Last Friday I dead-lifted 260 pounds. In other words, I picked up a 45-pound bar with 107.5 pounds attached to each end and stood it straight up. It was heavy. It was also one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done in my life.

I have had several back-to-back trips this past month, flying from one city to another.

We piloted a Professional Global Management^® session in Brussels, Belgium last week, and I could not have asked for better results.

Beyond the political significance of Barack Obama’s epic speech this week, whatever its effect  on this year’s election, I hope and believe his remarks will kindle continued, thoughtful discussions about what race and color mean in our daily lives.

I’ve thought a lot about leadership over the past few years – it’s what every firm says it needs to build better, more efficient, inclusive ethical and lawful workplaces. Go to any bookstore and the shelves will be lined with first-person or biographical accounts of epic leaders –Washington, Lincoln, King, Patton, Schwarzkopf, Welch, Jobs, Gates. Those leaders are few and far between, and most of us read about them hoping to find nuggets of wisdom we can apply.

Our training sessions with Memphis, our German Shepherd pup, have continued.

We’re updating our Civil Treatment^® programs now, a complex, creative, and exciting process.

On Sunday, my wife and I attended a rally protesting the genocide in Darfur. 400,000 people have been killed, 2.5 million are homeless, there is untold violence, and the genocide continues.

Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday -- he would have been 79 -- and as the upcoming holiday celebrating the man and his achievements approaches, I'm reminded of something he once said that is a driving force behind what we're all hoping to accomplish in the workplace:

In the midst of this exciting primary season, I’ll stay non-partisan but make this observation: Candidates in both parties are revising their messages in light of what the voters are saying is important.

Memphis Rae, our newest family member, is an 8-month-old German Shepherd puppy who we found through the Georgia Shepherd Rescue. She’s a great looking dog, very bright and mostly friendly, and gets along with our whole family, including Monroe, a gentle, regal Shepherd also from Georgia Rescue, who is about 2 1/2.

The Falcons are 3-11 having just lost to Tampa Bay. They may well lose the rest of their games -- an awful season. But the wins and losses are not what will be remembered.

I just got back from a long roadtrip from Atlanta to Boston to New York to Atlanta. Like just about everyone else I saw, I carried my version of the necessary road warrior package – a laptop, Blackberry/cell phone, ipod, and camera, plus separate chargers for each.

We just completed a major renovation to our office space, and I’m happy to say my new office is clean and it will stay that way.

Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye to old friends – or, in this case, old characters who feel like old friends.

When it comes to fashion, it seems everyone has an opinion, and our course vignettes are no different.

The New York Times Test is mentioned often in the context of corporate misbehavior.

With millions watching a game that will make football history, the Super Bowl is a high-stakes event – the very definition of stress, tension, and intensity.

On a recent morning, our company visited the Martin Luther King Center and toured the MLK birthplace here in Atlanta.

We’ve been hearing stories of bloggers who’ve lost their jobs for writing entries that their employers decided were inappropriate.

So many conversations go nowhere because they’re monologues and the wrong person is talking.