There's a video that's been making the rounds on LinkedIn that shows employees at a company cheering a new hire on as she makes her way through the crowd, after being introduced by the leader. What a great welcome for a new employee! Or not... Here's the video. Watch,...

5 things leaders do that stifle innovation. Stop doing these if you want your team to innovate.

I'm writing this blog post after 8 pm on Wednesday night. I chose to do this because I took care of some personal things earlier in the day. As I'm writing this, I just received a text question about a project Kelly is working on. I responded with my quick answer. The...

In Japan, they have a word that means "death by overwork." Take a moment and think about that. It means that this was so much of "a thing" that they had to create a word for it. In the same way the Inuit have several words for different types of snow and ice, death by...

I had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Canada's workplace flexibility experts, WORKshift, in Toronto earlier this week. WORKshift has recently partnered with Stone Olafson to do a Canadian study, investigating engagement, generational differences, and...

Netflix's Culture Deck has become famous in the HR and organizational development world. It is simple and clear and outlines many of their innovative people practices. l love the unadorned and pioneering nature of it. There is a lot we can learn from Netflix - their...

One of the common complaints I hear from leaders is that they "can't" practice great leadership with their teams because they are located in different places. I have to call BS on this. Leading virtual teams takes some extra thought, a bunch of empathy, and some...

I strongly believe in freedom, trust and accountability at work. These beliefs and values have led me down the path of research into and ultimately certification in the Results-Only Work Environment™.  As I speak and write about ROWE™, I face many misconceptions and...

It is hard to believe that it was just over 5 years ago that Pam Ross Consulting was born. With it came a burning desire to change the name to something far more original and fun! When I quit the corporate world to start my own business, I was incredibly fortunate to...

You've likely seen the statistics... AON says 65% of employees globally are engaged (that means 35% are not); Gallup says 87% of the world's employees are not engaged. Some of these global and national studies also provide generic ways to increase engagement. But...