Yearly Archives: 2013

Getting Away This Summer to Get Back on Track

Have you noticed that it’s summer? Many of your customers and especially co-workers are taking extended vacations, getting away to spectacular destinations you’ve always dreamed of and never visited while you grind away at the office regularly burning the midnight

Posted in Vacation

Why They Don’t Want What You Want – And How To Use It To Your Advantage!

My clients regularly complain to me about how resistance is a bad thing and constantly gets in the way of their successful organizational change efforts. “Why can’t he (or those people) just accept it and get on board?” While it

Posted in Change, Change management, employee engagement, Organization Development, organizational change, Resistance, Resistance to Change, Rick Maurer, Transition Management

What Have You Done For Me Lately?

Do you have anyone on your team or in your company who has lost his or her luster? I find that most employees deliver their most effective work within their first year or so of accepting a new job or

Posted in Accountability, Employee Performance, Job Rotation, Leadership, organizational culture, Performance Management, Strategic Culture Change, Talent Management, Workforce Management

Plus Delta Matches All CHLA Contributions Again This Year!

There is so much we can learn from children and their passion for life. This summer, Plus Delta celebrates children by supporting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and matching all triathlon contributions we collect supporting the cause.   Plus Delta’s

Posted in Charity, Children, CHLA, hospitals, Malibu, Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Triathlon

Declare It To Achieve It and You Can Have Anything

For much of my adult life, I’ve had thoughts about the future I have wanted to create for myself.  The stuff I wanted to have. The relationships. The professional accomplishments. Wanting those things for my future is nice. At times,

Posted in Accomplishment, Accountability, Achievement, Commitment, Declaration, Goal Setting, Goals, Inspiration, Intentions, Results, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Visioning

Plus Delta’s CEO Presents “Making It On Your Own” Workshop to Fellow Solopreneurs at 2013 California HR Conference

Need help getting your consulting practice off the ground? Are you already “in flight” and looking to take your boutique consulting firm to the next level?  If so, Plus Delta’s CEO & Chief Architect Dr. Jeremy Lurey is presenting a

Posted in Conference, Consulting, Learning, Management Consulting, PIHRA, Presentation, Professional Development, Professionals in Human Resources Association, Solopreneur, Training, Workshop

Rock Star Performers Eat Chocolate Cake and Apple Pie!

I always enjoy working with companies who value their employees and recognize them for their individual and team accomplishments. I firmly believe that people want to contribute and make a difference and that the more they feel valued the more

Posted in Apple Pie, Chocolate Cake, employee engagement, Employee Recognition, High Performing Team, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivation, Organization Development, organizational culture

Going Where There is No Path: Entrepreneurship Defined by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don’t know what it was about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writing that struck a chord with me when I was first introduced to it in high school. I just remember he, and others like him including Henry David Thoreau, had

Posted in Chris Gardner, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Henry David Thoreau, Innovation, Leadership, Pioneer, Pioneering, Pursuit of Happyness, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Trailblazing

How Much is Developing Your Employees Worth?

I remember years ago when the cost of employee turnover was calculated to be 150% of an employee’s annual salary. That amount included any internal recruitment costs, external search fees, and hiring and on-boarding expenses as well as the simple

Posted in Coaching, Employee Development, Employee Retention, Learning, Mentoring, Organization Development, Professional Development, Training, Turnover

Different Patterns…Different Results!

Insanity is commonly defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This makes perfect sense logically, although I rarely recognize it when I get wrapped up in my daily routines.  Last Friday, my SiriusXM

Posted in Breakthrough, CEO, Country Music, Innovation, Leadership, Music, Patterns, Performance, Performance Improvement, Rituals, Routines, SiriusXM, transformation

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