I wrote three chapters in three years waiting for motivation. When I switched my focus to action, I wrote another eleven chapters in less than six months. BOOM!

Let’s get into Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine and travel back to before you even had Day 1 in your corporate job. A lot of crap can take place even before the job is posted to the world. While that isn’t the focus of this article, I do have some stories about this.

Whenever I talk with people about job hunts, I like to tell the story of how I once waited over two months to get one of my job openings approved before I could even get it posted to the public.

Nothing is more frustrating than searching in vain for the basic information you need to do something. This is a story about process nightmares and what NOT to do!

The itch often starts around the age of 40. It's noticeably different how you feel about your job. You start hearing that little word “fulfillment” whispered in your head on a regular basis. But why does this happen?

Let me tell you a little story about employee engagement, how I went from engaged and ready to go to writing Where The Hell Is My Bacon!

Year after year, I would do horribly in field day, and in fourth grade I really wanted to do well. I like to think that I had a little bit of grit early on in the day, this is my story.

Who doesn't love to travel? I do! I love to travel! Yes, even business travel…Yeah. Except…travel ain't what it used to be. Amirite?

When I was 18, I was accused of being a psychedelic drug addict by my high school guidance counselor, Mr. H. he didn’t understand anything about what it meant to lead and to guide and to make a difference in people’s lives.

What in the hell does changing a tire have to do with leadership? Great question! I’ll tell you…

An Office Nanny isn't someone who is generally helpful and supportive, which is inherently a good thing. It's someone being taken advantage of, whether the other person realizes they are doing it or not. What are your approaches for finding the balance between being helpful and babysitting?

This one time, I got in trouble with the Compliance & Ethics Department. My violation? It involved team morale, Legos®, and cartoon medieval weapons.

Office Coffee, what’s yours like? Read on for your Office Coffee Public Service Announcement for the day.

I’m increasingly aware lately of the noise in my work-from-home environment. It’s hitting me hard, like a hammer on a nail. What are your opinions on noise in the workplace?

I talk a lot about corporate bullshit but the real goal of Café Grit is to figure out what is our Career Xanadu and go after it, whether it’s full time or on the side or a hobby.

To that end, today I’m going to dive a little bit into coaching.