What do you do when your company decides to remove a long honored tradition, something like, let’s say, giving your employees chocolate...

We all want our businesses to succeed, right? And why not, we need them to succeed to ensure we have a job, and to ensure we get a...

Let me ask you a question? Why do we design our HR policies and practices in such a disengaging way? A way that either intentionally or...

Innovation can come from the smallest and simplest of changes, it’s about opening up our minds and looking for opportunities – looking...

If you asked your employees for a list of things that really piss them off, I’m sure they wouldn’t be shy in rattling off a few. But let...

I tossed and turned all night long questioning and doubting myself. Why did ‘success’ escape me yet again? What did I do wrong? But then...

My 17 year-old daughter Chloe absolutely hates hypocrites. In fact, as she tells me over and over again, “they really piss me off.” Is...

I have a new understanding and appreciation for the expression ‘timing is everything’ after attending The Jingle Bell Ball last night, a...

Although I haven’t lived in the U.S. for twenty years, I still have a special place in my heart for the holiday of Thanksgiving. It...

Let me start out by saying that I am absolutely rubbish at throwing a ball. Always have been, and always will be! However, a friend of...

Once upon time there was a prince. He was handsome, and he was well-loved by his followers. But then a curse turned him into a hideous...

Here’s a blog I wrote on an important and life-changing day of my life, the day my first book was launched. At the time I thought was an...

A few years ago I was looking for a new job when a recruiter called to tell me that I was ‘the’ perfect person for a role he was looking...

When I was young I was a gymnast, in fact I was a competitive gymnast. For those of you who know me, you’re probably not surprised by...

I was walking my dogs the other day, and on the way passed a man who was high up in a tree with only a harness holding him in place. At...

Have you ever heard someone say something so simple, so basic, but yet so profound? Well that’s exactly what happened the other day when...

We all have a story,  you know the one, where you haven’t liked or gotten on with a manager, where they’ve upset you, or where they just...

We’ve all used extrinsic motivation, or what some call financial ‘carrots’ from time to time, whether it’s at work or at home. For...

We’ve all heard it before – if you’re committed to a cause, if you’re engaged with it, you’ll go that extra mile for it. But what does...

5 reasons or similarities between bridges and employe engagement, linking it to the Engagement Bridge model.

What happens when you get six HR rebels together for dinner? Well, let’s just say that these rebels don’t just challenge the status quo...

I’d been on the go all week during my visit to Australia, doing videos and workshops for our new book on employee engagement.  I was...

We all have fears, some are small and uneventful, and others are bigger, significantly holding us back.  I’m not sure where you would put...

I’m writing this on my big day, the day my very first book launched. I should have been filled with excitement and pride, which I was,...