Blog.

Quick and effective insights that you can apply today.

Karl’s blog posts bring 30 years of experience and learning to bear on today’s change challenges and delivers strategies, tips, and techniques to change how you deal with change.

Take Charge of Your Happiness

August 25, 2021

Things are definitely different today. They’re faster, more complex, and changing all the...

Be Flexibly Adaptive

August 25, 2021

We all know that things have changed. The rules, the careers, the expectations...

Be Solution Oriented

August 25, 2021

Organizations working in the past tense have an abundance of employees who just...

Create and Innovate

August 25, 2021

In today’s environment, you must have everyone in every position contributing creative and...

Baggage is Useless

August 25, 2021

Yesterday is gone.  Yet for many people, years of yesterdays still rise with...

Stay in Motion

August 25, 2021

Characterizing change as an “event” implies it has a distinct start and stop....

Minimize the Drop in Productivity

August 25, 2021

All major changes carry a temporary drop in productivity. In the wake of...

It’s All About the Customer

August 25, 2021

If you’ve ever said, “That’s not my job — my job has nothing...

It’s Time to Grow Up

August 25, 2021

“We used to be such a family around here — the company really...

The State of Meetings Today

August 25, 2021

In a word: dysfunctional. Research shows that over 11 million meetings occur in...

Take Charge of Your Meetings Today

August 25, 2021

How much can you -- one individual -- possibly affect the culture of...

Make Meetings More Effective in The New Reality

August 25, 2021

Meetings in The New Reality need to be functional, customer focused, and extremely...

Special Announcement: Do You Hate Meetings?

August 25, 2021

Do any of these words describe your typical team or corporate meeting? Repetitive....

Accelerate Your Learning Curve

August 25, 2021

Learning in the old reality was all about time… time to read, time...

Job Security is Gone

August 25, 2021

Let’s get one thing straight: There is no such thing as job security...

Speed is Critical

August 25, 2021

Alert: The pace of change you see today is the slowest you will...

Flex Your Flexibility

August 25, 2021

“What was wrong with the old way?” say your colleagues. “Just give me...

Let Your Confidence Show

August 25, 2021

Finish this sentence: If I can (run a marathon), then I can certainly...

This, Too, Shall Change

August 25, 2021

The accelerated pace of the world has complicated communication in the workplace. Take...

Speak Up – Be Inquisitive

August 25, 2021

Why? Why do we do it that way? Why can’t we try this?...

Own Your Career – NOW!

August 25, 2021

Nobody else has a claim to your career. Nobody else has a say...

Are You a “Yesser”?

August 25, 2021

Being a “yesser” doesn’t mean you say yes sir and yes ma’am all...

It’s All About Results

August 25, 2021

Today’s business success is measured in one way and one way only –...

Let’s Be Honest

August 25, 2021

Honesty. Truth. Forthrightness. Frankness. All of these are critical today. From every level...

Stop Being Afraid!

August 25, 2021

No generally accepted definition of conversation exists, beyond the fact that a conversation...

Performance is Defined Differently

August 25, 2021

Productivity – how many things you make, do, file, move, assemble or create...

Multi-Tasking Is The Norm

August 25, 2021

Our world today is more fragmented. It comes at us in smaller pieces,...

Care Only About Performance

August 25, 2021

Somehow, things got turned upside down. Obligations and responsibilities shifted from those who...

Today’s Customer Is Unrealistic

August 25, 2021

Customers are different today. They are more segmented, educated, diverse, demanding, opinionated, and...

Back in the Day

August 24, 2021

Back in the day: We were masters of the job. We could come...

Change Your Mastery!

August 24, 2021

We used to be able to master things, but not anymore. We used...

Rewrite the Employment Contract

August 24, 2021

The OLD corporate ethic rewarded longevity and tenure. The NEW corporate ethic rewards...

You Are Paid to Contribute

August 24, 2021

Contributions. That’s what organizations are looking for today – ideas, suggestions, improvements, feedback,...

Master All Trades

August 24, 2021

The old adage, “Jack of all trades, master of none,” has been updated;...

Attitude Counts

August 24, 2021

In the old reality, you didn’t have to like or be liked to...

Be an Expert Learner

August 24, 2021

To succeed in the New Reality, become an expert learner. Today’s shelf life...

The Fear Paradox

August 24, 2021

It’s a vicious cycle: Fear leads to stagnation, which leads to lost business,...

You Are Paid To Make Decisions

August 24, 2021

Things are different today. The pace of change – combined with the speed...

Act Like a New Hire

August 24, 2021

How often do you ask, “Why do we do it this way?” Do...

Change and fear…and how organizations realize and adapt to change

August 24, 2021

Listen to the WGAU interview to find out how engagement, flexibility and the...

Safe is Dangerous!

August 24, 2021

Change creates voids. And many people respond to change by not responding at...

Upcoming Radio Interviews

August 24, 2021

Located in the following areas? Mark your calendars to tune in to hear...

Separate Loyalty From Performance

July 6, 2021

Is this you? “As long as my company provides job security, I consider...

Honesty. Decisiveness. Flexibility.

July 6, 2021

All three keys to adapting to change. Find out more in the most...

What’s Holding You Back?

July 6, 2021

What’s holding you back? What do you need to let go of? The...

Meetings vs. Customers

July 6, 2021

How many meetings do you attend in a month?  A week?  A day? ...

Could Your Attitude Get You Fired?

July 6, 2021

It’s important to understand in today’s New Reality that attitude has an impact on your...

Knowledge is King!

July 6, 2021

“We used to be such a family around here — the company really...