10 Questions to Kick Start Your Year
Happy New Year! Here's a process for you to use to reflect on last year and get focused for the year ahead. This is an exercise that I run through at the beginning of each year and I thought I’d share...
View ArticleBe Like Bowie
The first time I saw David Bowie I was five-years-old. He was on television surrounded by puppets singing, “Dance Magic Dance.” I had no idea the magnitude of what I was witnessing or what had lead up...
View ArticleJazz of Leadership Part One: What Dr. Jazz Taught 30 Doctors
By Ken Perlman Thirty doctors walk into a Jazz session. Although it sounds like the setup line to a bad joke, it’s actually what happened in one of the most remarkable discussions of leadership I’ve...
View ArticleJazz of Leadership Part Two: Staying Home To Mind The Chickens
By Ken Perlman In my last blog, I introduced you to a room full of doctors experiencing a discussion conducted using a jazz band to guide them toward a better sense of leadership. To refresh yourself,...
View ArticleClient Corner with Fender
By Jeff Meneely Vice President, Global Logistics at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Changing culture is the organizational equivalent of climbing Everest. It is a deliberate, difficult process...
View ArticleSmall Talk: Mind Numbing or Career Building?
"If I work really hard and put my nose to the grindstone, people will notice. I don’t have time for chitchat, I have to get my work done!" Does this sound like you? Someone you love? It’s time for an...
View ArticleFarewell Letter from Claire
By Claire Nichols If you work at a small business, I bet you’ve said that at least once. Often, small businesses feel that way and CultureSync is no exception. From the moment I began working here two...
View ArticleYour Leadership Brand
Are you managing your reputation or is your reputation managing you? As a leader, one of your most important assets is your reputation, because the research consistently shows that people only follow...
View ArticleA New Hope
“A long, long time ago…” [actually last month] Carrie Kish (our CEO) and I were working with a group of front-line employees as part of a culture upgrade program in support of a corporate...
View ArticleWitnessing the Moment of Transformation
So many of us hear stories of change, but we rarely witness the moment of transformation firsthand. In corporate America, change is usually associated with something negative. Does the dreaded term...
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