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How the Holidays teach us why Alternative #Workplace can work for anyone.
Starting during the week of Thanksgiving and continuing until just past New Year’s Day, take a look around the office you work in. How many people are there in the workstations, offices and the...
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Success from Employees versus Owners.
Employees do the work they are given to keep the company moving forward. Owners take responsibility for creating something new and pushing the company forward without being managed into it. Employees...
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Demographics matter when making our location decisions.
The demographic make-up of your employees is driven primarily by two factors: Your corporate culture and how that influences people to apply for jobs. The demographics around where your offices are...
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Humor is a key ingredient to successful work.
I love Richard Branson’s posts over at LinkedIn. He offers more insight than I expected to get and he does it in a very relatable way. The one I most recently noticed was one involving quite a bit of...
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The return of Spring is a reminder to start the year fresh (again).
New Year’s Day is the natural time for most people to start the year off anew. But New Year’s Day is also still right in the middle of holiday season and no one is really around and in the groove yet....
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Culture is what you do, not what you say.
Culture may be the single biggest factor in the success or failure of a small business. Some cultures allow an idea to thrive, cultivate and grow. Others can cause an otherwise great idea to die on...
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Are you paying attention to your culture?
I’m learning a great lesson currently about the role of culture in business success. When culture is aligned with your business amazing things can happen. When it isn’t it needs to be fixed quickly...
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Always be sure where you stand, don’t choose your positions based on what you...
Authenticity is a word that is used a lot these days when it comes to culture. Leaders that are authentic are more likely to be looking forward and are easier for their teams to predict into the...
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Where is the intersection of culture and efficiency?
There is a lot spoken these days about the value of culture. Separately there is a lot spoken about the value of efficiency and getting things done. Even further there is a lot spoken about the value...
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Noise is a sign of a healthy culture
Noise is something that people complain about regularly. In the office, noise is thought of as distracting. In gossip, noise is thought of as inappropriate. In management, noise is considered a...
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Resistance versus Inquiry
Speaking yesterday about noise being a healthy part of culture, made me think about the difference between resistance and inquiry. Some types of noise imply dissatisfaction or resentment (resistance)...
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It’s a beautiful day in the NEIGHBORHOOD
I was in a workshop recently where the word neighborhood was used a lot. The context was the workplace and how to promote cross-team collaboration. The solution our workplace partner had given us were...
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What is branding within a corporate real estate team?
Branding is important to getting things done. Personal brands tell you about the nature of the people you are dealing with and how to get things done working with them. Product brands tell you the...
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Delegation can be a dangerous behavior (even though usually it is beneficial).
Delegation is often considered one of the signs of a good manager and leader. Ensuring that large tasks have shared delivery is often the only way to get things done. But delegation has a dark side....
View ArticleThe smallest things are often the most important #WorkplaceWednesday
If you want to be great at real estate, you need to understand the smallest aspects of real estate. What does this mean? To understand location, you need to understand the people. To understand...
View ArticleYou learn the most from the people least like yourself.
No one is ever wrong 100% of the time. No one is ever right 100% of the time. There is no one with the wisdom and knowledge of the whole world. It is our differences that make us better. You will never...
View ArticleFor long-term success, it’s better to have a great team than a few strong...
There’s a fine line required for team chemistry when balancing short-term and long-term success. Short-term success is driven by concrete and measurable actions. You can achieve short-term success...
View ArticleDo you factor culture into your culture?
One of the great things about diversity is that you get the benefits of different cultural viewpoints into your organization. People from different regions and countries approach problems differently....
View ArticleThere is no workplace design or philosophy that will work perfectly without...
Everyone has an opinion on the flexible workplace trend taking place these days. Go look and you’ll be inundated fairly quickly. Most of the articles are negative from people who are personally...
View ArticleDowntime should be a feature of the process, not a bug
Downtime is a word that many people associate with unproductivity. If you are not actively working on something for the company, you are stealing money from the company. This is the premise behind the...
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