http://www.henning-showkeir.com Get the latest news from HenningShowkeir http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98927 More... August 9, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98927 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98888 More... August 2, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98888 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98805 More... July 12, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98805 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98749 More... July 6, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98749 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98639 More... June 24, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98639 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98570 More... June 15, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98570 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98492 When was the last time you attended a business meeting where people complained that employees are just too darn accountable for business results? andnbsp; Such a question probably makes you laugh, because the typical conversation at work centers on More... June 7, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98492 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98456 More... May 31, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98456 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98427 More... May 24, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98427 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98393 More... May 17, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98393 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98343 Dr. Christiaan Barnard pioneered open-heart surgery. Jack the Ripper, murdered prostitutes in the 1800s. They both had similar skills, and they used the same tool to do the same thing andmdash; cut people open with a scalpel. andnbsp; What set them More... May 10, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98343 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=98288 LETand#39;S TALK SIGN UP Sign up for our free, periodic email updates Conversations@Work 10 ways to revolutionize your workplaceandmdash;one conversation at a time andnbsp; Roughly half of todayandrsquo;s careeristsandmdash;regardless of More... May 4, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=98288 LET'S TALK http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98289 We live in Arizona, and unless youandrsquo;ve been vacationing in another galaxy, you know the rhetoric over the new law designed to crack down on illegal immigration is so hot you could fry an egg on it. Conversations, if theyandrsquo;re not avoided, t More... May 4, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=98289 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=93038 I laughed out loud at the story Sylvia Boorstein shares in her book Pay Attention for Goodnessandrsquo; Sake, which sprang from a talk on meditation that she gave to her grandsonandrsquo;s 6th grade class. One boy, Robert, was particularly fascinated by More... April 27, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=93038 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=65046 When my son, Zak, was 10, we were on a soccer road trip with his teammate Luke, and they were talking over a fast-food lunch. This is what I overheard, andldquo;Hey, did I tell you that I was elected as the fourth-grade class executive?andrdquo; Luke sa More... March 25, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=65046 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=64405 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 190 1083 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 9 2 1330 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-n More... 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February 9, 2010 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=20595 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=17833 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 362 2068 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 17 4 2539 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable More... December 4, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=17833 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=17034 As I contemplated a career change a few years ago, I figured the writing and editingandnbsp; I had done as a newspaper journalist would be valued transferable skills no matter where I landed. As a consultant, teacher, author and blogger, they have come in More... November 15, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=17034 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=16577 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 432 2463 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 20 4 3024 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable More... November 5, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=16577 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=16048 In honor of Halloween, here are some scary numbers from Leadership IQ, a Washington DC based training company who surveyed 3611 employees in the US and Canada: 70% andnbsp;of American employees say a good, trusting relationship with their boss is th More... October 26, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=16048 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15933 The New York Times made an announcement this week that another 100 jobs will be going away and the conversations about the future of newspapers are roiling once again. As a 25-year veteran of newspaper journalism who left the business a few years ago, i More... October 20, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15933 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15571 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 219 1253 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 10 2 1538 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable More... October 2, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15571 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15545 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 280 1596 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 13 3 1960 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable More... October 1, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15545 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15319 Normal.dotm 0 0 1 483 2755 henning-showkeir andamp; associates, inc. 22 5 3383 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable More... September 21, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=15319 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14498 Two stories in today's New York Times caught our attention because the contrast between them was so stark.andnbsp; This article adds fuelandnbsp;to the explosive debates over andquot;guaranteedandquot; bonuses awarded to the dealmakers on Wall Street, More... August 10, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14498 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14497 andnbsp;What do we like about Stew Friedman, (who Jamie met while he was doing consulting work at Ford Motor company many years ago)? Well, for starters, Friedman believes the best leaders andldquo;act with authenticity.andrdquo; And that starts with clari More... May 15, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14497 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14496 We have a list of manipulative language techniques that we developed from 25 years of experience with organizations, which we use in our workshops and incorporated into the book. It includes techniques such as intentional deception, disguised agendas, name More... May 12, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14496 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14495 Barbara Rose Johnston, an environmental anthropologist at the Center for Political Ecology, was a featured speaker at the recent 5th Water World Forum last month in Turkey. The mission of the forum, held every three years, is to andldquo;address growing wa More... April 19, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14495 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14494 The air had been recently cleansed by rain, the sun was shining, the temperature was mild. It was aandnbsp;made-to-order beautiful morning when Jamie and I faced each other three years ago and committed spending the rest of our lives together. andnbsp; We More... April 6, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14494 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14493 A beautiful spring day last weekend got Jamie and me back on our road bikes.andnbsp;As a farily novice rider, I don't like to ride on the streets.andnbsp; We are fortunate to have a well-maintained bike path near our home, with underpasses that allow us to More... March 30, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14493 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14492 Paul Levy is the CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is the organization. Theandnbsp;problem is a $20 million shortfall in revenues, and 600 employees are in the cross-hairs for layoffs. What happened next is so uncommon it made the news: andnbsp;A More... March 19, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14492 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14491 We have been hammered ad nauseum in the last several months with stories about andnbsp;CEO self-interest and greed. So a recent article about CEO Bobby Keen, of Hancock Regional Hospital near Indianapolis, radiated hope and a shining example of what is pos More... March 9, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14491 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14490 We recently had dinner with a friend who expressed frustration at her inability to engage her father in an authentic conversation about politics. andldquo;I told him I could see the reasons he supported his candidate andmdash;andnbsp;and I really could. I More... March 2, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14490 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14489 You can't turn around without hearing the pundits and commentators weighing in, like sportscasters calling a football game, about whether the stimulus plan will work, whether tax cuts will help or hurt, whether nationalizing the banks or car companies woul More... February 18, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14489 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14488 Our depressing economic climate apparently has a silver lining. According to a story in the Style section of Sundayandrsquo;s New York Times,andnbsp;the economic meltdown gives us a great excuse to do things andndash; or not to do things andndash; without More... February 16, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14488 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14487 Browsing my Google Alerts today brought up this interesting blog, The Organizational Attitude Survey by Scorecard Metrics for HR, which attempts to sell the benefits of organizational attitude surveys. The authorandrsquo;s message illustrates a fundamental More... February 8, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14487 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14486 Although we are subscribers, I typically donandrsquo;t spend a lot of time with the Harvard Business Review for many reasons not worth going into here. However, in the February issue, Gary Hamel penned an article titled Moon Shots for Management that is wo More... January 31, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14486 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14484 An associate and friend recently forwarded us a andldquo;Management Tip of the Dayandrdquo; from the Institute of Management Consultants. andnbsp;It contains advice to ensure that client and consultant are on the same page by finding out andldquo;what is g More... January 22, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14484 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14483 A recent, exceedingly frustrating shopping experience underscores our conviction that the employees with the most customer contact need the knowledge, resources and decision-making authority to make decisions that serve the business. If they don't have the More... January 17, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14483 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14482 When I worked as a carpenter in an earlier part of my life, we occasionally played a game on the construction site where we would try to drive a large spike into a piece of wood with one blow of the hammer. To do that you must directly andldquo;hit the nai More... January 7, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14482 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14481 Check out Liz Ryanandrsquo;s blog on the Boulder Daily Cameraandrsquo;s website, and what she has to say about broken cultures. Her conversation with a CEO was of particular interest, because he started out saying to her, andldquo;I must be crazy calling y More... January 5, 2009 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14481 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14480 Want to add authentic conversations to your list of New Yearandrsquo;s resolutions? One of the first steps is beginning to recognize how often we try to manipulate each other with our conversational techniques.andnbsp;Manipulative language is so pervasive More... December 30, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14480 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14479 I support the right of gay people to marry.andnbsp; I am pro-choice. And I am no fan of most of the perspectives espoused by Rick Warren, pastor of the conservative Christian Saddleback Church in California.andnbsp; And so perhaps it will surprise you More... December 23, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14479 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14477 A funny thing happened on the way to being interviewed for an article about how to have conversations with layoff survivors.andnbsp; A few days before our scheduled interview, the reporter got laid off. We did the interview anyway, but the venue for the a More... December 18, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14477 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14476 I grew up in Flint, MI, and it has always been a General Motors town. When I was a kid, the city had more than 300,000, high employment and arguably the best Community School System in the world. I left in the late andlsquo;60andrsquo;s and returned in the More... November 27, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14476 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14475 We ran across a couple of interesting surveys at internalcommshub.com recently. The Watson Wyatt's WorkUSAandreg; 2006/2007 survey of 12,205 full-time U.S. workers showed that highly engaged employees are much more likely to receive communication from s More... November 3, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14475 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14473 Jamie and I did a presentation at the ODNet Conference in Austin, Texas earlier this month, and since we were there, I took the opportunity to pop into a session about employee engagement being presented by our friends and fellow Berrett-Koehler authors Di More... October 27, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14473 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14472 A hectic schedule has kept us from blogging, and weandrsquo;re happy to get back to it again. Weandrsquo;ve set up alerts to topics we find relevant and interesting, and they often provide inspiration for this venue. Much of what we read, packaged as andld More... October 25, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14472 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14471 As mentioned earlier, we recently spent a beautiful long weekend at Sunrise Springs, a resort outside of Sante Fe. We were there to attend the annual Berrett-Koehler authors retreat, an experience so enriching, rewarding and fun that we are already pla More... October 8, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14471 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14470 We work at home, together, so we don't really worry about offending anyone at the office when we start spouting off our political opinions. For those who work in more traditional office settings, however, it is worth keeping an eye on that line where a More... October 3, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14470 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14469 We played this game on a road trip awhile back -- or maybe you could call it a combination of wager and game. I challenged Jamie to one hour of judgment-free conversation. The first person to make a judgmental statement would lose. We would be limited to More... September 27, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14469 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14468 I wish I could take credit for this statement, andquot;Conversation is Work,andquot; but it comes from The World Cafandeacute;. The World Cafandeacute; isandnbsp;aandnbsp;bookandnbsp;and a community located on the Internet, and it is much more. The big i More... September 22, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14468 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14467 I donandrsquo;t know about you, but in this highly political season our email boxes have been filling up with emails extolling/deriding the character of this or that politician and skewering/supporting this issue or that. We get them from friends and famil More... September 14, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14467 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14466 I donandrsquo;t know about you, but in this highly political season our email boxes have been filling up with emails extolling/deriding the character of this or that politician and skewering/supporting this issue or that. We get them from friends and famil More... September 9, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14466 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14465 Great News! Weandrsquo;re very excited! Today we had an article published in the American Management Association E-magazine, andldquo;Moving Ahead: Management Insights for Business Successandrdquo;. The American Management Association is an organization t More... September 8, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14465 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14464 A few weeks before I started working with Jamie, I had begun an 7-month yoga teacher-training course to deepen my practice and to learn more about the philosophical foundation of this ancient tradition. I was constantly amazed by the similarities and conne More... September 5, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14464 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14463 While browsing the Internet on Labor Day, I ran across andldquo;Laborandrsquo;s Dead: Long Live Laborandrdquo; posted on Global Labor Strategies. The title captures the dissonance I feel contemplating this issue. Having grown upandnbsp;in the 60s in the Fl More... September 2, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14463 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14462 We've been seeing a lot of James Carville lately. We watched him doing his TV commentary during the Democratic National Convention coverage last night, and last week we saw him with his wife, Mary Matalin, at a Phoenix Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Their m More... August 26, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14462 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14461 It has become a Sunday morning ritual at the Showkeir home: lounging in bed, reading The New York Times and quaffing at least two steaming cups of coffee. This morning, a headline in the Business section caught Jamieandrsquo;s attention, andquot;After a Do More... August 24, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14461 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14460 andldquo;Build a Culture of Accountability: Five Ways to Enhance the Level of Accountability in Your Organizationsandrdquo; (Market Watch, August 18, 2008). The headline might grab your attention, but the first paragraph is old, tired, hostage-oriented More... August 21, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14460 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14459 andnbsp;After six hours of andldquo;brutally honestandrdquo; conversations between quarterback Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers management, they parted ways. Jim Collins, who authored From Good to Great, says one of the key differences between good More... August 18, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14459 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14458 The headlineandnbsp;in the Aug. 8 Business Week got my attention: andldquo;Winning the tough conversations at work.andrdquo; The column lists four steps to follow in an uncomfortable conversation with someone at work (the example used is a manager talk More... August 13, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14458 BLOG http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14457 We were recently working with clients, and we told them that the book would be out on 08.08.08, an auspicious date. One of the clients smiled at me and said, andldquo;You know, authentic is very trendy right now.andrdquo; andnbsp;It made me laugh. Whe More... August 2, 2008 http://www.henning-showkeir.com/index.cfm?objectID=19471&blogItem=14457 BLOG