Master the art of demotivation by leading an employee to believe that a salary increase or a promotion will accompany the achievement of a particular goal. When the time to follow through arrives, you can easily deflect by blaming human resources, budget constraints or some other factor outside of your control.

Master the art of demotivation by letting your team deal with the ramifications of a change in deadline or budget. Be the hero in your client's eyes by making promises you can blame others for not being able to keep.

Master the art of demotivation by drawing targets out of thin air like, "Increase sales by 20 percent" (even though it's a recession). Why be constricted by facts when you can watch people scramble desperately to achieve what has no grounding in reality?

Master the art of demotivation with goals like, "Work harder" or "Improve your attitude" or "Make fewer mistakes." Treat yourself to hours of arguing over whether or not these vague goals have been achieved.

How do we bring change to our workplace culture itself? You're only one person. Is there anything you can do? Yes! Listen in as we discuss how and when to try the options of modeling, suggesting, reforming and battling.

We work with other people. As much as we'd sometimes prefer to work alone, our work affects others. We need ways to share information, combine efforts, enhance motivation, and be accountable to achieve results.

People are growing, developing, maturing beings. If you feel stuck or bored, you are probably simply "growing up", so to speak. It's time for the next challenge, expanded responsibilities, new skills, or a different direction.

With the possible exceptions of crime and porn, your job is a valid and valuable place to invest the gift of your time and energies. What keeps you back from investing more of yourself in your career?

Do you feel guilty for been so invested in your career? Does your work life feel unrelated to your personal spirituality? We don't need to bring God to work as much as we might consider bringing our work to God.

After your meeting does everyone simply go back to what they were doing before the meeting? We are busy people, and new ideas, initiatives, changes and decisions that come out of a meeting often fail to get implemented. Find out what follow up can do for your meeting.