My 13-year old son and I were in the car having what I thought was a conversation. I was mid-sentence when my son held up his hand, faced me, and said, “Mom, at this point you sound like a spoon in the blender.” Clever, I grant you, but ouch. I
Wherever we work or whatever we do, productivity, efficiency and overall performance demand civility. Why? Civility simply makes good business sense: People do their best work where they can actually get work done – as opposed to dealing with all the other toxic stuff that gets in the way of productive
I’ve been watching BP’s television commercials flooding the airways. They provide an impressive narrative on the wide range of actions and the commitment the company is making to clean up the Deep Horizon oil spill disaster. As I saw my third or fourth ad today while exercising, I wondered how much BP
A week ago, I listened to the best guitar music on Earth with my good friend and colleague, Ray Amelio, and 80,000 other fans at Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads Guitar Festival” in Chicago. For 12 hours, the hot Chicago sun blistered us, despite lots of suntan lotion, as we listened to performances by ZZ
Two ELI clients recently asked me, “What does your company offer to refresh the Civil Treatment® learning we’ve just done?” or “What workplace ethics and compliance training should we provide next?” In some cases, these questions are prompted by new regulatory initiatives such as the Department of Labor’s new Plan/Prevent/Protect compliance strategy. For these
Imagine that you go to work every day and are taunted to your face and called hurtful names by groups of your co-workers. Unrelenting insults and threats come blasting into your cell phone. You’re yelled at and mocked in front of your colleagues. Your manager sees some of this happen
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