January 2015 Blog Posts (4)

It will feature special webinar programs sponsored by The Focalizing Institute for the focused audiences: The important Millennials (18-35 year olds), Vets healing from PTSD, Addiction Recovery - Stage Two, Trauma Resolution, Removing Barriers to Fuller Self-Expression and S.E.X. (Soul Energy eXchange...with more in future development. Like this page and sign up for the email list at www.theinstitute.org to get prompt details, as participants will be…

[reprinted from the Future of Work...unlimited blog, January 19, 2015]

My recent focus on conversations at work was inspired by this statement from Alan Webber, the founder of Fast Company magazine, in a…

Early in my business career I was fortunate to work for a wise, experienced senior executive who was masterful at leading conversations that mattered. As a newly-minted MBA graduate I was at the bottom of the totem pole in a family-managed business.

My boss had been hired to upgrade the company’s management practices, employee benefit programs, and overall productivity. He tasked me with building ties to the leaders of several business units and engaging with them in conversations…

Ian Gee, former Global OD Director at Nokia Corporation along with his talented colleague Matthew Hanwell have seriously explore the topic in his recently released book "The WorkPlace Community: A Guide to Releasing Human Potential and Engaging Employees." They cite that, "we continue to use the same structures and organize work in the same way as we have for decades, but is there is a more effective way to benefit from our collective intelligence."

I am thrilled to see the work of…