This Book Is the Perfect Gift for Your Boss

Do you ever think your workplace is like a sluggish rental car – no oomph, despite a lot of potential? Do you wish you had a manual on how to make it perform better? Wish granted: The Energized Enterprise: How to Tap Your Organization’s Hidden Potential has just hit the virtual bookstore shelves. Author Marc G. Strohlein has a wealth of experience working in and consulting with organizations of all sizes, and he's happy to share it. Full disclosure: I was the developmental editor, copyeditor, Read more [...]

Engagement vs. Motivation: It’s Not Always about Money

I’m editing a fascinating book by business consultant Marc Strohlein, about how to tap hidden potential in a company or organization to improve its performance. The book is coming out soon (I’ll keep you posted), and it’s very much on my mind. So is baseball - it's October, after all, and I'm a big fan. So imagine my delight when I realized that events at the end of this year’s baseball season perfectly illustrate one of the points in Marc's book. On October 3, the last day of Read more [...]