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Thoughts on turning work into a platform for self-development
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Crossing the Culture Chasm
Crossing the Culture Chasm
or How to grow your company
dougweitz
Jan 14, 2020
What is Happiness at Work? Really…
What is Happiness at Work? Really…
Happiness at Work
dougweitz
Feb 25, 2019
Get Your Groove On: Practicing Growth
Get Your Groove On: Practicing Growth
This is the final post in a three-part series that outlines the pillars of a growth culture, as outlined in the book An Everyone Culture…
Gabe Gloege
Feb 15, 2019
Self-Awareness: How To Develop A Sharp Edge
Self-Awareness: How To Develop A Sharp Edge
This is the second post in a 3-part series about the foundations of a growth culture: Home, Edge, and Groove. Part 1 covered Home, or…
Gabe Gloege
Jan 17, 2019
Your Employees ARE Your Brand
Your Employees ARE Your Brand
You work hard on your brand. It’s your identity, the way you present your company to the world, the way you sell your products and…
dougweitz
Jan 16, 2019
Psychological Safety: The Lynchpin Of Learning
Psychological Safety: The Lynchpin Of Learning
This article is the first of a series exploring the key ideas behind the CultivateMe methodology for learning at work. To start, I’m going…
Gabe Gloege
Jan 15, 2019
Turn Jobs Into Journeys
Turn Jobs Into Journeys
I remember when I graduated from college in 1997, the goal was to simply “get a job”. The implication was that once I had a job, I could…
dougweitz
Jan 8, 2019
The Rituals and Cadences of Learning
The Rituals and Cadences of Learning
CultivateMe operates on a trimester schedule. Every four months we take a week to connect and reflect on what happened over the past…
Gabe Gloege
Sep 26, 2018
How Much Upward Mobility Does Your Org Have?
How Much Upward Mobility Does Your Org Have?
Adding the American Dream to your company culture
dougweitz
Sep 24, 2018
Bring Your Job Into Focus With These Two Lenses
Bring Your Job Into Focus With These Two Lenses
At CultivateMe we help people get awesome at their job. The first challenge we often hear is this…
Gabe Gloege
Oct 9, 2017
The Learning Feed Has Arrived
The Learning Feed Has Arrived
Now there’s a simple way in Iris to view all of your learning activity in a single place: the learning feed. Whether you’re looking for…
Gabe Gloege
Aug 17, 2017
The Sweet Spot
The Sweet Spot
How to Know When You’ve Outgrown Your Job
dougweitz
Apr 20, 2017
Hunter or Farmer
Hunter or Farmer
What it Means to be a Manager
dougweitz
Apr 4, 2017
The Little Things Are The Big Things
The Little Things Are The Big Things
Becoming a more effective professional can at times feel overwhelming. We have so many responsibilities and projects and deadlines in…
Gabe Gloege
Feb 20, 2017
Reflection as a Tool for Growth
Reflection as a Tool for Growth
When we talk about Reflection, we are actually talking about two different but related situations and outcomes. When you look in the mirror…
dougweitz
Feb 16, 2017
Be The Michael Jordan Of Meetings
Be The Michael Jordan Of Meetings
Serena Williams does it.
Gabe Gloege
Feb 4, 2017
Dine on the Elephant: How to Turn Your Tension into Self-Development
Dine on the Elephant: How to Turn Your Tension into Self-Development
Let me clarify right off the bat. I am NOT advocating the eating of actual elephants. Elephants are majestic creatures that should be…
dougweitz
Feb 3, 2017
Articulating Your Value in the Workforce
Articulating Your Value in the Workforce
There are two key stakeholders in the world of work: the individual professional and the employer. The employer wants to be able to…
dougweitz
Jan 19, 2017
Intentional Inefficiency — Individualization in the modern era
Intentional Inefficiency — Individualization in the modern era
You’re a leader. You work with a lot of people. Imagine you have a message to transmit to those people. (That’s probably pretty easy to…
dougweitz
Nov 23, 2016
Build the Job Around the Employee
Build the Job Around the Employee
I recently had an interaction with a client — let’s call her Miranda — that went like this.
dougweitz
Sep 23, 2016
Training vs Learning
Training vs Learning
There is absolutely a place for training in the world of work and in life outside of work. Sometimes you need to be trained on how to use…
dougweitz
Aug 30, 2016
Tinkering is such an important part of learning.
Tinkering is such an important part of learning.
Tinkering helps us explore an idea from multiple angles. We play around with it and learn what it can and can’t do. It’s like trying on a…
Gabe Gloege
Aug 7, 2016
Concrete Engagements: The Currency of Work
Concrete Engagements: The Currency of Work
One of the things we do at CultivateMe is help professionals better understand their work and their roles. When we start this process, one…
Gabe Gloege
Jul 29, 2016
Why Learn?
Why Learn?
Daniel Pink, the wonderful writer and thought leader in the area of motivation, breaks motivation down as follows:
dougweitz
Jul 19, 2016
How your strengths can grow your weaknesses
How your strengths can grow your weaknesses
If you’ve read my article on Growth Meetings you know that the goal of a Growth Meeting is to use the CultivateMe Iris to identify an area…
dougweitz
Jun 30, 2016
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