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Vision with action can change the world.

- Joel A. Barker

Work Shouldn't Hurt: Practical Strategies for Beating Burnout

Across Health and Human Services, and increasingly in the corporate business world, a critical crisis of disengagement, overwhelm, and burnout is unfolding. The predictable response from organizations and their leaders is to focus on staffing arrangements, scheduling and workload reduction.

September 3, 2025

We Don’t Fear Change: We Fear How It’s Done – 4 Ways to Get it Right.

August 3, 2025

How Performance Management Hurts Performance and How to Fix it

July 3, 2025

Fix the Gate: How Values Can Reduce Conflict and Burnout

June 27, 2025

Start with Strengths: A Better Approach to Leadership

May 2, 2025

The Truth about Potential: It's Not Locked, It's Hidden

April 6, 2025

Why This Can't Wait! The Conversation You're Avoiding

March 3, 2025

Disrupted or Derailed: Is Your Company Compass Broken?

February 1, 2025

Healing Healthcare: The Power of Values, Language and Leadership

June 1, 2024

Breathe Life into Culture with AIR: Attention, Intention, Retention

May 1, 2024

Employee Engagement is Not the Problem, Meaning Is

April 1, 2024

The Truth About Engagement Surveys: 7 Ways to Get Them Right

March 1, 2024

Two Reasons: Why Most Company Culture Efforts Fail

January 11, 2024

8 Ways to Become More Approachable in 2024

December 7, 2023

Better Leadership: 7 Steps for Getting There

November 2, 2023

The Transformative Power of Recognition: 3 Simple Steps to Support Your Team

October 5, 2023

Zapping the Gap: How to Bridge the Space Between Intent and Impact

September 7, 2023

The Mystery and Messy of Motivation: How to Find it When it's Not There

August 3, 2023

The Truths and Myths of Trust

July 6, 2023

Repairing the Damage: 5 Steps to Rebuilding Trust

June 8, 2023

Unleashing Potential: The Transformative Power of Organizational Values

May 10, 2023

Workplace Culture: Behaviour Says It All

April 5, 2023

Defining Your Culture: What Are You Prepared to Tolerate?

February 11, 2023

Accountability: It Shouldn’t Hurt!

January 22, 2023

Why Goals Fail: 10 Tips for Success

November 28, 2022

Why it's Time To Drop the Good Boss-Bad Boss Labels

October 10, 2022

Lack of Trust in Healthcare: A Crisis Greater than COVID

August 29, 2022

One Thing Leaders Need Most to Elevate People Performance

August 22, 2022

Culture and Wellness: How to Connect, Direct, and Protect Your People

August 15, 2022

Employee Retention & The 5 Pillars of Great Leadership