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Pre-Boarding and On-Boarding workers have become tony business processes. But, the vast majority of employers are doing a terrible job in presenting their brand and creating goodwill during the hiring process. Many of our individual clients are looking for new jobs and they bring back war stories that are simply

In creating highly engaged work environments I have learned the reason that we have such a disengaged workforce is that we have not taught our workers how to change. For many years, we were taught that predictability and survival is more valuable than loving our work. In our one-minded pursuit of this

Ask the Questions People Want To Hear There is a basic biological fact that human beings are hardwired to be able to think about something other than themselves for a maximum of fifteen seconds.   Here is what that could mean for you:   If you don’t like making or

  Many organizations and employees are stymied in how to get on the same page with mission, vision and purpose.   In most organizations, the purpose of each job is to increase shareholder value and that is not meaningful enough to produce engagement within each worker.   Let us couple

The Inspired Work Youtube Channel One word aptly describes last week’s alumni event:  Sweet.   The evening offered a blend of enthusiasm, joy, kindness and support that will signify our growing alumni community. With over 42,000 graduates, we believe our alumni members represent people who pursue the best in themselves

Thought Revolution and “What Happened to Me!” January 20, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join us for an exciting evening that will give you opportunities to network, meet other graduates and experience a wonderful presentation by Bill Donius – bestselling author of “Thought Revolution – How to Unlock Your Inner Genius.”

Years ago, I interviewed the late Howard House – Founder of the House Ear Institute, which has restored hearing to hundreds of thousands of people. I asked why he continued to come to the clinic in his 90’s.   His response was immediate, “I want to see our patients faces when

“Commitment is an act, not a word.”   Jean-Paul Sartre Today, gyms will be filled with newcomers. Most of them will be gone by February.   Whenever I ask the question, “Who wants to give up goals?” I am aware that I’m stepping into, what for many of us, is

THE INSPIRED WORK PROGRAM January 10 & 11 At the beautiful Luxe Summit Hotel (Los Angeles) For the vast majority of us, work is the biggest relationship that we have. We spend most of our hours getting ready for, driving to, being at, coming home and recovering from work. Inspired Work’s entire

THE INSPIRED WORK PROGRAM January 10 & 11, 2014 What would happen if you were happy all of the time? No, we’re not talking about the kind of happiness that fades from sameness. We are proposing happiness that never really wears out because life is using everything you have and

Perhaps it is time to replace our fear of change with an enthusiasm for growth. The Industrial Revolution had an iron grip on our culture for about three hundred years. Clearly that era was over by the end of the 20th century. But, we continue to experience the shock of

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” In 1970, Alvin Toffler’s “Future Shock” predicted a world where the acceleration of technology would reach such a crescendo that many would sink into a

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” – Melody Beattie One of the

Most of you know it: My greatest joy is to be around when someone transforms his or her life. Today, we offer an example: In his mid-forties, Dave Roth is a highly respected pioneer in digital marketing. He has worked for and served a number of Fortune 100 companies. Dave

“Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don’t realize what messages they are sending.”           – Virginia Satir We are born perfect. What would have happened to us if we had

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”          – John F. Kennedy I’ve been quite caught up with an article from famed neuroscientist Nancy C. Andreasen entitled, “Secrets of the Creative Brain.” It is a lead story in

Years ago, I interviewed the late Howard House – Founder of the House Ear Institute, which has restored hearing to hundreds of thousands of people. I asked why he continued to come to the clinic in his 90’s. His response was immediate, “I want to see our patients faces when

Early in her life, she moved from job to job. She was a fry cook, a nightclub dancer, a prostitute and madam in San Diego. When Maya Angelou passed away last week, she left as a Pulitzer Prize winning author, a spiritual figure that moved nations and a friend who

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” Albert Schweitzer Service uplifts all of us. I do not buy the dogma that service, to

This is love And I’ve learned enough to know No, no, no – won’t let go When you want it – when you need it You’ll always have the best of me You’ll always get the best of me.                       

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”  Vaclav Havel I believe in optimism and do not believe in hope. In my own life, hope

During an interview with Newsweek, the journalist took a detour and asked, “You sound so excited about your own work, what do you love the most?” That was easy: “I get to be in the presence of miracles.” In the years since we started our programs, I’ve watched thousands of

Like a comet pulled from orbit As it passes a sun Like a stream that meets a boulder Halfway through the wood Who can say if I’ve changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good          From Wicked – lyrics & music by

There are so many opinions about John F. Kennedy. My adoptive parents were staunch Republicans. So, it is hard for me to accept that falling in love with his message was a partisan issue. I was just six years old. “Ask not what your country can do for you but

One Move Beyond the Crisis in Education Higher education is here to teach us how to learn It is not here to define what to do with our lives  I spend a lot of time on university campuses and virtually every academic is consumed with the challenges facing higher education.

Our greatest lessons often occur in the face of mortality. One of my dearest and most influential friends is bravely battling cancer. We spend precious time together in her living room. For years, she has been a tireless advocate, a wise elder, a mentor and an inspiration. The lessons that

Dear Friends, During the last thirty years, the industrial revolution was indeed replaced with the information age. For many of us, there has been difficulty and awkwardness in letting go of the old standards and measurements of work. The highest measurement of productivity used to be “quantity” – how many bolts can

Many of you either know someone who is going through this experience or you are in it. There are many striking challenges in the modern workplace for employers as well as workers. We see more and more professionals leaving their jobs because they want to directly engage in the gift

Dear Friends, At Inspired Work, our mission is to help as many people as possible love their work. All of our client companies want employees who are engaged with their work.  People seek us out because they want to wake up in the morning and think, “I can’t wait to

Dear Friends, In 1990, I left the staffing industry to launch Inspired Work. Many clients had become close personal friends and it was exciting to tell them the news. Nancy Kezlarian was one of my favorites, helping run Norman Lear’s Company – Act III Productions. Nancy was one of the

The concept of employee engagement entered the workplace in 1990. Ironically, we were delivering the first Inspired Work Program which has become one of the leading resources for employee engagement.  The need for employee engagement only increases with time. If we don’t get this message, we get a crisis. I’ve harped on

My greatest fear in today’s economic landscape is that too many American workers will give up their hopes, dreams and aspirations. A recent Towers Watson survey indicates that  over 70% of American workers are hunkering down and planning to stick to their old jobs. That same reputable firm put out

In 1990, the United States was in a significant recession and that was also the year we launched Inspired Work. The business was founded on a seminar that focuses on building the best possible relationship towards work. The full insights in how to build that relationship are more important than

Dear Friends, I just returned from launching our new office in Manhattan, an exciting week, connecting with our colleagues and clients in my 2nd favorite American city. It was fascinating how much people in the Big Apple were talking about Steven Slater, the Jet Blue flight attendant who lost his