A Strategy for Increased Work Engagement

Inactivity is not the answer. Reducing demands does not mean sitting around with nothing to do. Idleness would not do …

Preventing Burnout: Core Value Conflicts

Value conflicts drive burnout. A consistent theme in our work with hospital employees has been that they feel pulled in …

Don’t Let it Get Personal!

Watching the fights going on in Washington D.C. over the past months and years, it seems that the ire expressed …

Stubbornness: An Asset And A Liability

A friend of mine runs marathons. She isn’t going to be winning any championships but she continues to complete longer …

2 Reasons Why Clear Values Save Time & Energy

High quality work performance consumes time and energy. In a work world that demands high quality performance, people cannot squander …

Do You Need to “Follow Your Passion” to Have a Fulfilling Worklife?

Last week the New York Times ran a story written by a young computer science professor at Georgetown University about …

Working on the Road

Departing on a new journey, I am struck by the state of the art on work mobility. People can certainly …

Balance on the Football Field

A few weeks ago the New York Times ran a profile on the new football coach at Ohio State, Urban …

Where is the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders?

Both GenY and GenX employees report greater exhaustion, more physical symptoms of stress, and less work engagement do Boomers. But GenX also are also more cynical and have fewer indicators of mental health that the other generations.

The Tragedy in Tucson

This is not in any way a political blog but I would be remiss in light of the connection with …