
‘Tis the Season for . . . Stress? It Doesn’t Have to Be
The fall and winter holidays are upon us—and all the shopping, get-togethers with friends and family, and upset to our normal routines can be enough to bump our stress levels into the stratosphere as we make our way through the season. Maintaining year-round healthy habits and avoiding the temptations of overindulgence can give your body…

Tips for Keeping Your Team’s Eyes on the Prize This Holiday Season
Do the holidays have your office, your team, or even you distracted? Has your post-Thanksgiving “hangover” morphed into a full-blown malaise as you enter the stretch run for what remains of 2017? It’s easy, quite common, and completely understandable for you and/or your team to fall off the work bandwagon for a time around the…

How NOT to Fall Victim to The Devil in the Details
The “devil is in the details” is a centuries-old saying that refers to how something might seem simple at a first glance but ends up taking more time and effort to complete than first expected. Now, I may be going out on a limb here (what else would you expect from a monkey), but I have to…

Field Your Own Team of All Stars with these 5 Fundamentals of Team Excellence
This week was time for the annual MLB All Star Game—a time for the American League and National League to showcase their best talent. Watching the game got me to wondering why companies—rank and file businesses—don’t field their own all-star teams. Call me a crazy monkey, but a business team’s contributions to its organization’s bottom…

Tips for Keeping Your Team in the Game
Happy Fourth of July, everyone! By now you’ve probably got plans for the weekend—maybe the beach, a cook out, a hike in the mountains, or some kind of get-together with family and friends before you top it all off with a fireworks extravaganza. Also by now, you and your employees are probably thinking more about…