The Water Trough- We can't make you drink, but we will make you think!

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Motivation is the fire in our bellies. It inspires us to get up and move. Take it away and nothing happens. As employers, we can't motivate people. But we can help them to be engaged and committed. Recipe for success: hire motivated people. Engage them with jobs that fit them and earn their commitment by providing a nurturing environment that is rich with opportunity.  

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Engaged and committed employees are can make the difference between a successful company and a total flop. Are you and your employees engaged? Are they committed? Do you know why these things matter? Take a listen- you just might change your future.

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Running a business is very much like running a new project every day.  While there is always a desire to see the business run ‘smoothly’, business owners know that every day brings new challenges, which is exactly why project management is so critical to a company.  If every project ran without daily changes and interruptions, there’d be no need for project management.  But since projects – like businesses – are constantly facing challenges, project management skills can be very useful to business owners.  The goal of this podcast is to introduce you to some of those critical skills.

Robert Massoud is a full-time lecturer in the management department at Bryant University.  Robert spent 35 years as a project and operations manager at companies including Kronos, Fidelity Investments, and CVS Health.  During that time he worked on both operational improvement and product release projects and now shares those experiences with students at Bryant as the coordinator of the school’s project management concentration within the management major.  Robert has also taught project management at Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Bristol Community College, and is the past president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Project Management Institute, a global organization supporting project management around the world.

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Ego- scary word? Not really. We all have one, and that is a good thing. But, how we manage that ego is really important. Your ego CAN BE your amigo (and others' amigo too) if you want it to be.

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We have been collaborating from the day we were born.  Babies cry, parents figure out what they need, and the babies let them know if their needs have been met.  Parents, especially moms, and kids work together from day one to accomplish objectives, ensuring that the kids are fed, safe, comforted, dry, snuggled, and loved.  

By the time we start working, it is easy to assume that most of us have learned what we need to know about collaboration, particularly at the management level in organizations. We have worked together during school and earlier jobs, learned how success is judged, and internalized behaviors that we believe contribute to that success: We have learned subtler methods of collaboration, involving communication, negotiation, understanding organizational norms, and leadership expectations, and how to participate or lead teams, among others.  We build upon our successes, which become part of our individual operating systems.  On the other hand, we often can become blind to what we think collaboration is and isn’t, what actions we are taking, and how others experience what we are doing, which may be based on different definitions and experiences of collaboration.  What used to work may not work with our current colleagues now in our current companies.

Mike Halperin, an expert in collaboration, has been a Professor at Bentley University, a seasoned consultant to large and small organizations across a variety of sectors, and a senior internal practitioner in a number of organizations. In this podcast, Mike shares insights from over 40 years of work in this area, including:

·         What collaboration is and why it is important;

·         Why it is so difficult to implement collaboration, even though everyone espouses its importance;

·         Why people think they are collaborating, but they are not; and,

·         Skills to learn to help us collaborate more effectively; and

·         Practices that we may need to unlearn if we are to be successful in collaborating at work.

As you listen to this podcast, think about your own practice of collaboration, how you can test your assumptions, and collaborate with others to help you become better at collaboration.

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I hope you enjoy my interview with my friend Charlie Green, the ’Trust Guy.’ Charlie is an experienced consultant, co-author of The Trusted Advisor, and author of Trust-based Selling. We cover a lot of ground, including the difference between personal and institutional trust, the difference between trust, trusting, and trustworthiness, the biggest mistakes people make in creating trust, and the most important trust-creating actions you can take. Join me for a fast-paced and insightful session with Charlie. 

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Join me and my guest, Deb Goeschel of the Message Artist Creative Group. In this episode, among many other things, you will learn  

• Why a logo isn't the sum total of a brand
• How Brand Messaging is the crust to your brand pie
• The core elements that makeup brand messaging

I am really excited about this episode and I hope you will tune in. Deb is offering her Rebrand Checklist as a free gift to all listeners.  You can learn more about Deb at http://www.MessageArtist.com.

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Do you think you are too old to listen to your inner child? Time for a reality check. The most creative among us enjoy close relationships with their younger selves. And you know what, they are achieving things we can only dream of. 

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Workplace fires- OK, maybe not quite what you are thinking but small things can turn into major disasters. Attentiveness matters, but when that fails, you must know how to act.

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One cannot be a leader without having power. But power is a seductive thing. Leading is all about your intentions. It's either one for all or all for me.