Happy Thanksgiving
I wanted to interrupt my series Stronger through Adversity to simply say Happy Thanksgiving. For those of you across the US, I suspect, if you are like me, the Thanksgiving table will be quite different this year. While I wish I could be with my children and grandchildren, I am still filled with gratitude. If…
Sharing Not Telling – Gratitude and Hope in Action
I started posting a weekly blog and podcast back in 2005 as I was writing my book, The Starbucks Experience. Since then, I’ve seldom missed a weekly post, which means I’ve produced roughly 780 podcasts and blogs throughout the years. All of my posts have followed a similar approach—share two or three thought-starters in about 500…
Create a Hostile Environment for the Ungrateful [Infographic]
I often consult with leaders who are trying to develop human-centric cultures. In the context of that work, I have shared my view that it’s essential to make it easy for compassionate and caring people to stay with your business and also to make it easy for ungrateful and scarcity-minded people to find employment elsewhere.…
Create a Hostile Environment for the Ungrateful
I often consult with leaders who are trying to develop human-centric cultures. In the context of that work, I have shared my view that it’s essential to make it easy for compassionate and caring people to stay with your business and also to make it easy for ungrateful and scarcity-minded people to find employment elsewhere.…
Two Magic Words {Infographic}
Thank you for sharing one of your most valuable resources – your time. Let’s do a quick recap of the science of appreciating customers and then get down to business.
Human Experience Requires Gratitude
My parents told me, I told my children, and I suspect they will tell their children two magic words. In the United States, during this time of year, these words play prominently in family gatherings. The good news is the magic of these words extends well beyond family relationships, so let me use them in…
Gratitude is a Customer Experience Differentiator
If you are a parent of young children, you probably reminded them of the importance of saying this on Halloween as they went off trick-or-treating. I also suspect your parents taught you that these are two of the three magic words. Yes, I am talking about saying, “Thank you.” Beyond Social Skills – Words Matter…
Thanksgiving & Your Business Year-Round
Author Melody Beattie once noted that: “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. “ I’ve taken the liberty…
Grateful Business – Human Experience Creation At Its Best
In 1998 (in my book Humor, Play, and Laughter), I began talking and writing about the importance of “gratitude” for business and personal life. In fact, gratitude has long been one of 5 core values for my business (right alongside – “personalization, respect, humility, and succeeding together”). That said, I took notice when the esteemed Harvard Business Review (HBR) recommended the…
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