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6 Celebrations And Lessons From #SHRM15

July 2, 2015Jason Barger

I’m just back from Las Vegas and it was a tremendous experience speaking at the National Annual Conference for the Society for Human Resource Management (#SHRM15)! Over 15,500 HR leaders from around the world came together to learn, grow and discover. It was an honor and joy to meet all of the #SHRM15 attendees and to feel the fantastic response that I received from my interactive speech titled 21st Century Leadership: Growing An Engaged Culture. 6 quick reminders…

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Engagement Wins

June 28, 2015Jason Barger

In many cases, it’s easier to disengage than to engage. It’s often easier to find an excuse to not do something than to make the commitment to do it. It’s easier to shift blame than exercise accountability. It’s easier to protect ourselves than to put ourselves out there. Because of that reality, we often just hover at the status quo. We stay where it is comfortable. We cling to our routines. We live within our comfort…

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Are You Busy or Effective?

June 17, 2015Jason Barger

We have never lived in more distracting times in the history of the world than we do now. We have never been more “busy”, distracted or scattered on a day-to-day basis. A recent Harvard Business Review study revealed that the “modern worker today” shifts their focus and attention between tasks around 300-500 times on an average day. It has never been more important to see things clearly, and purposefully. The most effective individual leaders or…

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3 Keys To Find The Right Keynote Speaker

June 8, 2015Jason Barger

Every day there are teams and organizations in search of the right keynote speaker for their upcoming event. The planning team knows that the right keynote speaker can either wow the crowd and turn the whole day into a huge success or miss the mark and make it hard for the rest of the event to recover. In some situations, even the best food, venue and party favors can’t overcome a presentation that misses the…

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Thermometer vs. Thermostat (leadership lessons)

May 25, 2015Jason Barger

Do you know the difference between a thermometer and a thermostat? Just a couple of leadership lessons, really. A thermometer reads the temperature in a room. If it’s hot in the room, it tells you it is hot in the room. If it is cold in the room, it tells you it’s cold. A thermometer tells you the temperature in the room. A thermostat regulates the temperature. It helps control the temperature in the room by making…

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4 Essentials of Employee Engagement

May 11, 2015Jason Barger

It’s easy to fall into Auto Pilot mode. You know, just going through the motions. You can easily get stuck in a rut, in your routine, in tasks, and in a state of feeling like every day is the same. Many organizations specialize in this type of daily grind. But, it’s not compelling. It’s not what we want. It’s not what we strive to be in the world. We don’t want to go through life in some…

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Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch and Dinner Too

April 27, 2015Jason Barger

It was Peter Drucker who gets credited for the famous phrase, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Well, we’re now further along in our evolution, and have realized that culture is even more important than originally advertised. In fact, many will make the argument that in today’s world, your company or organizational culture is everything. No matter what you do, sell, deliver, serve, create, or build, your brand identity (and success) is largely dependent on your culture….

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Why Core Values Matter

April 6, 2015Jason Barger

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll Core Values are the compass for our journey. All of us, as individuals, have beliefs that are intrinsically valuable to us. Some of us can articulate them well and some of us struggle to explain what is most dear to our heart. Still, whether we always know it or not, our core values are guiding us from within. Our core values help…

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3 Purposes For Motivational Speeches

March 25, 2015Jason Barger

You may already know my hangup with the term Motivational Speaker. If not, visit my earlier post titled What Scares Me About A Motivational Speaker. A good motivational speech does exactly that—it motivates. It engages the minds and hearts of people in such a way that motivates them to think more clearly, see opportunities, and move forward with action. Bad motivational speeches are like the neighborhood teen rock band that doesn’t have the proper sound…

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5 Leadership Lessons March Madness Teaches Us

March 18, 2015Jason Barger

This is the greatest time of year! I’m giddy every year when March Madness arrives. For basketball junkies, these few weeks are heaven on earth. But, for those of you outside of this line of thinking, I invite you to consider all that this American tradition teaches us, not just about basketball, but about the human experience. Off the court, we are all a part of a team of some sort. We are on teams…

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