Dance Machine Story
Join Ken Okel for a special performance of his Dance Machine story. In honor of our 650th episode, we're tearing up the format and doing something different. Hear a story [...]
Nov, 1
2023
Oct, 24
2023
Celebrate Little Victories at Work
Even if times are tough, it’s important to celebrate little victories at work. Otherwise, your failures or struggles will take over your employee culture. You don’t want that to permanently [...]
May, 23
2023
Find Little Victories During Challenging Times at Work
No matter your experience level, it’s important to learn how to find little victories during challenging times at work. There will be days or even weeks when it feels like [...]
Mar, 21
2023
The Value of Looking Back
Leaders of successful businesses realize the value of looking back. While it’s important to understand today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities, don’t forget your past accomplishments. In them, you may find [...]
Mar, 20
2023
Learn From Failure
Sometimes future success comes when you learn from failure. Often successful people don’t get it right all the time. Yet we may believe one failure defines you forever. What if [...]
Jun, 14
2022
Poor Motivation Technique
A poor motivation technique can undermine a leader's authority with employees. It sees the leader repeatedly treat a new situation, as if it's the end of the world. While the [...]
May, 24
2021
Getting Employee Buy-In
If you have an important project or initiative, then you need to commit to getting employee buy-in. Often, you’re excited about the idea but it doesn’t seem like anyone else [...]
Nov, 30
2020
Finding Motivation for Innovation
During challenging times, you may struggle when it comes to finding motivation for innovation. In a year when you've probably had to make changes to your business repeatedly, you may [...]
Jan, 15
2020
Build Employee Motivation
While you may want to build employee motivation toward your goals, you need to make sure people understand the changes you need. Too often, strategic moves are poorly explained and [...]
Jan, 8
2020
Katie the Custodian Story
In honor of episode 450, you're going to hear the story of Katie the Custodian. This is taken from one of my motivational keynote presentations. The story is about how [...]