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Thought leadership for culture, teams, and leaders.

There's a million reasons why you should read this blog.  Culture, teams, and leadership is just one of them.  You'll start to discover why building Culture by Intention™ matters, understanding your Organizational DNA™ is crucial, and why everything you do, say, promote, and allow defines your culture.    Sure, we'll give you some news and trends on popular topics in the people and culture space, but our bread and butter is talking all about how to radically define, cultivate, and reinforce the culture you want. Your way.

The Madness Over March Madness

By Mark Weaver | March 23, 2017

Blame it on my admiration for successful organizations that have chosen NOT to make a policy out of everything and yet have spectacular results. Places like Netflix and Nordstrom come…

3 Leadership Resolutions for the New Year

By Mark Weaver | January 2, 2017

Lose weight. Get in shape. Stop smoking. Get out of debt. It’s just so human to want new beginnings, fresh starts, and do-overs. So we come up with resolutions –…

Office Politics 2016 v 2.0

By Mark Weaver | October 10, 2016

Office Politics 2016 v 2.0 Less than a month to go and mudslinging is taking a new slog this election. I suspect it will get worse. A quick rundown of…

7 Reasons for Workplace Drama and What to Do About it

By Mark Weaver | September 13, 2016

What’s worse than workplace drama? It’s right up there with election year political attack ads. Pretty much everyone hates both, wishes they would go away, puts up with it thinking…

Creating a Culture of Appreciation

By Mark Weaver | August 1, 2016

There are thousands of books with thousands of ideas about how to appreciate, recognize, or honor people in your organization. So many good ideas. The problem with them is that…

Team Work for Your Work Team

By Mark Weaver | July 18, 2016

“Teamwork: Cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.” That’s what Dictionary.com says.…

Do It Right the First Time

By Mark Weaver | July 5, 2016

Do It Right the First Time. Sounds good. Why do rework when it saves time and money to do things right the first time? Why spend money on warranty work,…

Who Benefits From Your Benefits

By Mark Weaver | June 27, 2016

Who Benefits From Your Benefits? Back before World War II, few Americans had health insurance. Fewer still received it as an employee benefit. Of course, life was simpler then. Healthcare…

Workplace Conflict

By Mark Weaver | June 13, 2016

Workplace conflict. It happens. We like to think that time will resolve things. Time doesn’t heal; it buries. Left unresolved, issues fester and become apparent later. And when they do…

Founder’s Syndrome

By Mark Weaver | June 6, 2016

Founders’ Syndrome. At least that’s what I call it. Someone has a great idea, an invention, a new way, a new service. Others join the adventure – partners, employees, investors.…

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