Are personality assessments really evil / discriminatory / dangerous? Sometimes.... (well... maybe not "evil") However, when used correctly and responsibly, these assessments can be an incredibly useful tool in your employee selection process! Let's go beyond...

  As religiosity has declined over the decades, burnout has increased, and I am not sure that's a mere coincidence... in fact, there are many compelling studies that suggest that religious people generally experience less burnout than their non-religious...

  "What do we say....?"   If you were raised like me, or like my kids, you instinctively know the answer... "Thank youuuuu!"   This response was ingrained in many of us in our formative years; our "thank you" is almost Pavlovian when someone does something nice...

It's 2020... we have all learned how to take a punch or two over the past 6 months. Hopefully we have learned to be a little more resilient in the face of adversity - whether that adversity comes in the form of a pandemic, wildfire, or racial injustice. The truth is...

Have you ever been “voluntold” to participate in a corporate volunteer initiative? This could be explicit or implicit? Maybe volunteer participation comes up in your annual review or maybe you just receive an email stating “We have pledged 10,000 volunteer hours this...

I was an excited young restaurateur of a small ice cream franchise in Baltimore City. My obsession with meaningful work was already very present, and my employees and I were laser focused on our mission of making Baltimore a happier city, one customer interaction at a...

Speaking to audiences across industries about meaningful work, I am often approached by people who insist that meaningful work makes sense for professionals like doctors and teachers but not for [insert underappreciated industry here]…

Recently a LI connection of mine posted about a study that found that 80% of our thoughts are negative! The connection went on to talk about the importance of gratitude in overcoming this. Gratitude is important and there are a lot of real studies within Positive...

  I walked into the kennel at the back of the small vet clinic and found him, long beard, white lab coat, meticulously mopping the floor. I had heard the proverbial: “I wouldn’t ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do,” so many times before, but this was the first...

People are asking me why I named my company “Illuminate.”
Here’s why.