I am beginning a series of posts on ways to easily avoid unforced errors – and I could use your ideas. I’ll explain at the end of this post.
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Rick Maurer, author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance and other books on leadership and change, developed the Energy Bar™ as a free tool to help people in organizations get their ideas across in ways that get people committed and engaged. 
Rick has advised leaders from many countries on ways to apply this new tool successfully.
When we think about tough challenges company leaders are likely to face, we might think of slumping sales, falling stock prices, high turnover, or a public relations crisis. All of these issues can be detrimental to a company. I’ve been wanting to dig deeper to learn what else is keeping today’s leaders up at night. So, recently I gathered a group and planted a scenario to uncover what they were facing today.
Here’s the scenario.
What do you do when you’re the leader of a company and a major capital investment isn’t turning out as planned?
Last weekend I was in Scotland and attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There were close to 350 performances in theater, music, circus arts, etc. etc. scheduled for that day.
Although I did attend one of those performances (which was very good), I was most attracted to the street performers. These buskers try to earn money by performing for people who are just passing by.
A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of presenting along with Dr. Paul White at the CPH Change Conference. Paul is a speaker, international business consultant and licensed psychologist, as well as a bestselling author including his book, Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace and newly released book The Vibrant Workplace. Paul joined me for an Energy Bar Podcast to talk about The Vibrant Workplace and how to get past the common obstacles to building a culture of appreciation in the workplace.
