Lifting Leaders Blog

There is something called the broken windows theory – a norm-setting idea in the criminology world that says if you keep urban environments in good order you can reduce other, more serious crime.  From the Wikipedia page on this: A successful strategy for preventing vandalism, say the book’s authors, is to fix the problems when…

I was challenged by the question: “are potential clients reflecting much on the ‘why’ when researching for a potential provider for their employee recognition systems?” Why do they need a new program or a retooled program?  Do we need to tell them why they need us? The first thing that popped in my mind was to…

A few years ago one of the greatest concert violinists in the world, Joshua Bell, performed at a Metro Station in Washington DC. Here’s the YouTube clip of his performance – In the 60 minutes Bell played, a few people stopped and listened, one person actually recognized him and he collected $32. Two days prior…