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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.

New Year’s Resolutions for Leaders

By Mark Weaver | December 29, 2014

New Year’s Resolutions for Leaders This is also a great time of year to look ahead.  The human thing to do around the turn of the year is to come…

Quality Management and People Strategies

By Mark Weaver | December 22, 2014

Working for Quality Guru and best-selling author Philip Crosby early in my career, I learned that there was a difference between Quality Control and Quality Management.  Quality Control is often…

It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like…

By Mark Weaver | December 7, 2014

Yes, it’s that time of year.  Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa or merely the end of the year, this is an excellent time to say thanks to employees.…

Happy Holidays… or Bah Humbug?!

By Mark Weaver | December 1, 2014

Welcome to December!  About this time of year, many employers wonder what they can and cannot do related to their holiday of choice.  Advice varies; sometimes based on the personal…

Up With People

By Mark Weaver | November 3, 2014

Ever wonder why we call the people we work with “employees” and where the term came from?  Here’s a quick history:  Over time, the word has lost meaning.  People we…

So What?

By Mark Weaver | October 27, 2014

I remember the mission of Philip Crosby Associates even though it has been a few years since I worked there.  I suspect the other 299 or so people who were…

The Best Things In Life Are Free

By Mark Weaver | October 17, 2014

Quality Guru Phil Crosby got famous off his first best-selling book, “Quality is Free.”  His premise was really pretty simple – organizations spend a lot of time and money doing…

What’s Yours?

By Mark Weaver | August 16, 2013

Culture… every organization has at least one.  It is created by what the leader says, does, promotes and tolerates.  Culture can change from great to mediocre quickly.  It takes more…

Recipe For Success

By Mark Weaver | April 13, 2013

This week, I was at an event where I heard a few successful business leaders sharing their recipes for success.  One commented that you have to have 3 things:  a…

Money Can’t Buy You Love

By Mark Weaver | December 28, 2012

Ok, I’ll admit I was never a Beatle’s fan… of course, I was a small child when they were around and I had an older cousin who was one of…

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