Joy at Work Thinking
Written by Ed Cook
As a leader, it can be difficult to convey how you want the team to be. Not what the team does but how the team is. People know how their team feels. They know the culture and norms and habits of the team. But is the feeling, on the team, what the leader intends? For leaders to g...
Written by Ed Cook
With the amount of energy that organizations put into the development of management skills, you might expect that most managers are great. Yet Gallup’s research shows that great managers are rare. A stunning 82% of the time, companies hire the wrong person to be a manager. Gallup...
People pay even more attention to their leader's words and actions when change is introduced. That's because they are trying to understand how to succeed in this new world you've described. They are reading what you say and do as a cue for how to respond.
If you take the position that everyone involved in the change you're leading must be treated with respect, it makes it easier for you to decide what to say and do. Everyone includes you, the people who are impacted, decision-makers, the company and the customer -- everyone involved in the change.
In this short video, Roxanne talks about her experience of being let go and having to let her team go. This conversation is with Bunny Young -- a coach, licensed therapist and all around wonderful person. Roxanne also talks about a technique she used to get to joy -- something Bunny calls "wall ther...
Dear Family and Friends,
As we sit here at the start of a new year and reflect on the last, we see this past year as a series of extremes. Chinese spy balloons drifted over North America, yet Presidents Biden and Xi met for the first time. Open AI brings science fiction-like capability to the world...
Written by Roxanne Brown
“As a leader if you’re not leading change, what are you doing?”Â
A friend said this to us a while back. It’s a good point.
The thing about change is it’s personal. It’s ubiquitous and individually defined. A huge change for one person may be barely noticeable to anoth...
Ed and Roxanne talk about what people say in answer to the question: What does Joy at Work mean to me? And how that might apply for you during the holidays.
Joy at Work: Making Work a Part of a Life Well Lived – a DisruptHR talk by Ed Cook and Roxanne Brown of The Change Decision
See Ed Cook and Roxanne Brown in this year's Disrupt HR Charlottesville event! Watch here!
Written by Ed Cook
A growing tension exists between employers and employees. Many employers want their teams back in the office, while many employees are happy working at home. Employers highlight diminished culture and productivity with employees out of the office while employees shrug their s...
Dear Friends and Family,
In previous years we have used the words “momentous” and “unprecedented” to describe the year. This year we are grateful to call the year Joyful. Many good things happened for us as a company. Much of that was because of the increase in the number of people we connected wit...
Written by Ed Cook
Commitment is a word that shows up in many places. Some commitments are more quiet and more personal. We make commitments via New Year’s resolutions, sometimes to a workout regime, sometimes to different eating habits, and sometimes to our relationships. Some of these commitm...
