by Chris Edmonds | Mar 12, 2017 | education/training
Clear Purpose Leads to Meaningful Action CHRIS EDMONDS CEO, Purposeful Culture Group If I were to ask your front line staff, “What is your organization’s reason for being?” what would they tell me? There’s one way to find out. Ask them. Many frontline staff I have...
by Chris Edmonds | Feb 8, 2017 | education/training, Trends
Back in January 2015, Merriam-Webster selected “culture” as their word of the year for 2014. Our of more than 100 million queries on their website each month and a similar number on the company’s app, “culture” increased by 15 percent increase this...
by Chris Edmonds | Jan 13, 2017 | on the job, Trends
Do you work in a productive, inspiring workplace? Or is your organization’s culture primarily frustrating and dull? Tiny HR’s 2015 Engagement and Culture Report revealed that only 31 percent of employees feel strongly valued at work. While that is better than the 21%...
by Chris Edmonds | Nov 5, 2016 | on the job
Let’s change something! How fun! (Sarcasm font.) How do you react to change? Many people don’t like it. They don’t welcome it, at least not at the start. I’ve had to adapt to change physically. I have CMT, a neurologic disease that causes calf atrophy, foot drop, and...
by Chris Edmonds | Oct 8, 2016 | on the job
Bella, a fifth grader fighting a life-threatening blood disorder, was paired with the Denver University Division 1 women’s volleyball team as part of Team Impact. She was given a locker and helped out at practices. Because of her illness, she has to wear...
by Chris Edmonds | Sep 7, 2016 | on the job
What’s your work environment like? Inspiring? Frustrating? Dull? Engaging? Is the only metric that matters “employee productivity?” Studies have shown workplaces are often dismal places to be for us humans. 24/7 Wall Street identified 2016’s worst companies to work...
by Chris Edmonds | Aug 8, 2016 | education/training
Do you ever wonder why leaders do what they do? The plans, decisions and actions of a leader are strongly influenced by three powerful factors: Their personality style (also known as social style) The culture where they operate Past or present role models Our style...
by Chris Edmonds | Jul 5, 2016 | education/training
And there are some players that, while not outright cheating, are self-serving, making it about themselves winning and others losing. Finding that area where they can cut corners, deliver a little less than expected and get away with it, or deceive the customer by...
by Chris Edmonds | Jun 4, 2016 | education/training
In the CBS television show, Undercover Boss, senior leaders in these companies learn about the work lives that their employees experience, although in an unusual and perhaps somewhat directed, way. But the concept is solid. In the high performance, values-aligned...
by Chris Edmonds | May 14, 2016 | on the job
As a speaker, author, and executive consultant I work with leaders at all levels of all kinds of organizations. Because of my strong culture focus, it is impossible for me to go into an organization without automatically assessing the culture of their work...