2023-02-07 15:05
This is the first in a new blog series from Bryan Shelton. Check in on the first Tuesday of every month for new blogs in the series.
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2023-01-23 18:51
In my experience, mistakes can be our greatest teachers under two conditions. We must take the time to understand both why they happened, and how to change our behavior to prevent repeating… Read More
2023-01-05 15:40
Many people make New Year’s resolutions dedicated to making themselves better in some way. Whether it’s to lose weight and get fit; become a better leader; or be a better spouse… Read More
2022-12-05 20:45
My colleagues and I have noticed a disturbing trend as we complete surveys and assessments for our clients. A significant number of employees are telling us that skills training has become w… Read More
2022-11-28 16:52
The term “psychological safety” is having a moment. While on the surface it may seem like yet another organizational buzzword, this one has true merit, especially in safety. The… Read More
2022-10-17 13:29
Productivity is a big concern for managers who have people working remotely. Will they actually work as hard as they would in an office? This fear has been called “productivity paranoi… Read More
2022-09-12 16:14
“People learn more from their mistakes” is an old saying that should be put out to pasture. Not only is this statement untrue from a learning standpoint, but relying on people to… Read More
2022-08-26 16:03
Quiet Quitting is trending—on TikTok, in articles and blogs. Definitions vary but tend to include things like (1) worker disengagement, (2) a refusal to go “above and beyond,&rdq&hell…Read More
2022-08-02 15:26
I’m troubled by what seems like an accelerating trend in safety, and that is people touting the next great thing. Don’t misunderstand…I believe in constantly looking for w… Read More
2022-07-22 13:25
I recently talked to a client who was trying to gain commitment for some safety leadership improvements and was frustrated with the resistance he was facing from some of the management team… Read More
2022-06-21 19:28
It is an understatement to say that many organizations are running lean. The trend worsened during the pandemic and the current economic uncertainty seems destined to make matters even worse… Read More
2022-05-22 15:37
The pandemic created a lot of divisions between people. At many organizations one such division is between those who had to continue to go to the workplace and those who were able to work fr… Read More
2022-05-22 15:37
The pandemic created a lot of divisions between people. At many organizations one such division is between those who had to continue to go to the workplace and those who were able to work fr… Read More
2022-05-09 18:07
Recently during a leadership workshop I was facilitating, a participant approached me at a break and told me he wanted more out of his direct reports. He wanted to know why his current appro… Read More
2022-03-16 14:52
The messages and communications that leaders send to employees, particularly those on the frontline, are critical. A well put message can boost morale, inspire engagement, and improve relati… Read More
2022-03-10 18:18
Tonight, in MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's press conference regarding the end of the MLB lockout, he stated that relationships are important in business and that he would do better at t… Read More
2022-01-24 14:37
The signs of an impressive continuous improvement (CI) culture were plentiful. Walls of the common areas were adorned with A3 problem solving papers and visual management boards were scatter… Read More
2022-01-10 13:32
When it comes to influencing behavior in organizations, there are two truths that need to be considered. These truths relate to two major aspects of the organizational culture: the systems o… Read More
2022-01-06 12:58
This is a reprint of a classic blog by Aubrey Daniels from 2012.
The origin of New Year’s Resolutions can be linked to pre-Christian times in Rome, thousands of years ago. So eve… Read More
2021-11-17 18:23
At Thanksgiving dinner my family does what many families do—we go around the table and share what we are thankful for. Not surprisingly, on the top of our lists are people. Family and… Read More
2021-10-15 17:10
What companies do in the near-term to improve the employee experience will have a significant impact on their future success. “The Great Resignation” is causing a disruptive chan… Read More
2021-06-14 13:32
There is an old saying that has always bothered me: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. If it's just a proverb to point out how important community is… Read More
2021-05-27 20:09
How many times a day does this scenario happen in your organization?
A Manager walks into the office and asks one of his direct reports, “Did you review progress against the quarterly… Read More
2021-03-30 13:09
Agile project management methodologies are no longer confined to software development or technology companies. As rapid innovation creates the need for increased adaptability, organizations… Read More
2021-03-04 18:33
Five U.S. Senators wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on March 3, 2021 to express their concerns about surveillance cameras with tracking software being installed in some delivery vans operated… Read More
2021-02-10 13:44
Many people underestimate the complexity of being a good leader while simultaneously overestimating their own leadership skills. According to Psychology Today, “The Dunning-Kruger… Read More
2020-10-28 17:57
All projects and change efforts involve behavioral risk. They require people to start doing some things or to do things differently. When sustained behavior change is a requirement, those re… Read More
2020-09-21 16:12
In the book Measure of a Leader, the authors state, “The best predictors of leadership are found in the behaviors of the leader’s followers.” Measuring a leader by the… Read More
2020-04-29 17:43
Based on the positive response to my blog on Increasing Meaningful Behaviors, I thought it worthwhile to extend the discussion. As you now know, values can play an important role in our… Read More
2020-04-21 14:50
I’m guessing that many of you have begun to settle into a rhythm while working and leading remotely as we navigate a work world turned upside down by the pandemic. Even as we are… Read More
2020-04-14 13:10
During this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have repeatedly advocated behavior change as mitigating ste… Read More
2020-04-09 16:15
For most of us in the US and for many throughout the world, our lives have been turned upside down by stay-at-home orders. We’ve lost access to many of our favorite places to spend our… Read More
2020-04-06 16:33
It is hard to concentrate right now. Really hard. Kids at home, breaking news lighting up our phones every few hours, concerns over family and friends, supply chain disruptions, stock market… Read More
2020-04-01 12:34
One of my favorite songs over the past several years is “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen. A song from the depths of despair that speaks of rebirth, resurrection, and forgi… Read More
2020-04-01 12:34
One of my favorite songs over the past several years is “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen. A song from the depths of despair that speaks of rebirth, resurrection, and forgi… Read More
2020-03-27 19:57
We have all been hearing about the home-schooling struggles of parents of younger school-age kids. The fact that my kids are 17 and 19 is one of the things I feel grateful for during this ti… Read More
2020-03-27 19:57
We have all been hearing about the home-schooling struggles of parents of younger school-age kids. The fact that my kids are 17 and 19 is one of the things I feel grateful for during this ti… Read More
2020-02-20 20:10
Culture and its impact on employees and organizational success cannot be overstated. The behavioral definition of culture is, patterns of behavior that are reinforced or punished by people a… Read More
2020-02-06 19:03
CEO’s are faced with many challenges, but what are the most common? The Predictive Index released a report outlining top CEO concerns. Fortunately, each of these challenges can be succ… Read More
2019-12-11 14:17
Change is necessary in order for organizations to evolve successfully. Change can also bring with it a volcano of emotions from those who are affected. Surprise, confusion, and even fear are… Read More
2019-11-25 20:43
Think of discretionary effort as the more in the “I got more” GEICO commercials. Discretionary Effort is defined as performance that is above and beyond the minimum require… Read More
2019-11-19 16:31
It has probably happened to you, but you just didn’t know it by name: Ghosting. Ghosting is the act of actively ignoring or dodging attempts to be contacted through various mediums&mda&hell…Read More
2019-11-18 15:33
“I told you to do it this way.”
“Weren’t you in the training where we learned how to do this correctly?”
“Why do you keep doing this?”
“I thou… Read More
2019-11-07 14:02
A failed change initiative is costly—wasted time and money on failed implementation, lost ROI on the projected results of the change, and decreased trust from employees in leadership&r&hell…Read More
2019-08-23 13:38
Language is truly a double-edged sword. Language allows us to cooperate, plan, coordinate, describe the future, talk about the past, and it even allows us to describe interactions betw… Read More
2019-07-08 19:05
A topic that often comes up while discussing behavioral consequences with leaders is that of self-consequences. In other words, can a person provide consequences to themselves for their own… Read More
2019-06-07 14:45
Once upon a time, organizations treated culture change like any number of other corporate initiatives: There were project plans, timelines, communications strategies, and rollouts.&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-06-07 14:23
We have all heard of the Peter Principle—“Observation that in an organizational hierarchy people tend to rise to "their level of incompetence." Thus, as people are promoted, they… Read More
2019-05-16 14:13
Do people change culture, or does culture change people? When I meet with a group of leaders, I often begin with this question. It’s a fun question for groups to wrestle with, and inev… Read More
2019-04-16 15:11
When it comes to developing employees and improving performance, coaching and delivering feedback are critical actions for achieving desired results. In fact today, most organizations expect… Read More
2019-03-29 13:56
The ability to productively resolve conflict in the workplace is a necessary people management skill for leaders. Organizations require collaboration among employees to effectively meet thei… Read More
2019-02-11 20:47
Let’s face it, today’s workforce looks very different than those of the past—especially if you're a manager. It is now very common for employee groups to extend across… Read More
2019-02-04 20:43
How do you encourage employees to think like owners, to take initiative, to participate, to follow through, and contribute to the growth and success of your organization each and every day?… Read More
2018-12-14 14:34
Several years ago it was reported that an air traffic controller deliberately made his bed and slept in it while on duty at a Tennessee airport. I am sure many people think that was an isola… Read More
2018-11-20 16:20
Most of us have had the opportunity to work under great, and unfortunately not so great, leaders. More than likely when you worked with great leaders you delivered high levels of discretiona… Read More
2018-11-02 15:27
About 11 years ago, my father underwent successful open-heart surgery at age 74. The surgeons completed a triple by-pass and valve replacement.
My family and I learned that among the many pr… Read More
2018-10-25 19:04
Leadership requires confidence in one’s ability to make good decisions. Yet that confidence does not guarantee quality in the decision making. Sometimes confidence isn’t well fou… Read More
2018-10-23 14:08
When I was in college, I worked in a food distribution warehouse loading trucks. It was backbreaking work. We would load five trailers per day—each load weighing about 25,000 pounds!
W… Read More
2018-10-09 18:29
Every business goal is driven by human behavior. It follows then that your employees’ performance—their behavior and results—is the most important output of your role as a… Read More
2018-10-01 15:12
No, the image above is not an iStock photo nor one taken from a safety magazine. This is a live action shot I took from the window of a hotel where I was conducting a Safety Leadership works… Read More
2018-08-21 13:00
In one of my recent blogs, Leaders Can Make or Break Engagement, I provided concrete steps leaders can take to move from managing to coaching. This topic proves to be a very important… Read More
2018-07-06 14:35
Many times in the course of working with clients, they hit a point of realization about using a scientific approach to behavior on the job, and it sometimes sounds like this: “You… Read More
2018-06-25 20:27
And neither is most so-called behavioral economics
Despite being the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Paul Samuelson famously stated, “Economics has… Read More
2018-04-26 15:33
In Gallup’s most recent State of American Workplace Report, they indicate that only one-third of the American workforce is actively engaged in the organization that employs them. … Read More
2018-01-10 20:53
“My New Year’s resolution is to quit procrastinating . . . I’ll start tomorrow.” Unfortunately, that’s the dead-end road that a majority of our resolutions take… Read More
2017-12-05 14:21
While preparing for a talk to a safety audience, I ran across several videos by Paul O’Neil, former President of Alcoa, about why safety was his number one priority in managing the com… Read More
2017-11-01 14:48
We have just signed a new lease for our offices and as such, I am moving spaces. As I started going through my “stuff” I ran across many articles that I previously put asid… Read More
2017-06-23 13:24
The author Bryan Shelton, M.S. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
The science of behavior has much to teach us about how to improve performance and create a more engaged culture… Read More
2017-06-19 19:13
The author Judy Agnew, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
Elon Musk may not be a safety professional, but he has hit on some critical elements of safety culture and safety l… Read More
2017-05-09 18:06
The author Judy Agnew, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
My teenage kids are constantly taking selfies. Despite my general distaste for the practice, there are some positiv… Read More
2017-03-14 19:03
The author Laura Glass can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
I have often said, “The best job you will ever have is one where you know at the end of every day how well you have… Read More
2017-03-07 21:50
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
I just finished reading an ISHN article on safety incentives and the value of a gift card reward system to pro… Read More
2017-02-14 19:37
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
“What gets measured, gets done.” If this saying is true, then why are so many people overwei… Read More
2017-01-23 15:21
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
It is quite likely that even the best MBA programs in the world are missing out on preparing their candidates… Read More
2016-12-19 19:03
The author Laura Glass can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
Is it possible that the walls really do have eyes? Even Santa understands that rewards should not be given un… Read More
2016-12-13 14:52
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
According to Fortune, about 75% of employees will be receiving a holiday bonus this year. Now, this is th… Read More
2016-11-16 20:24
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Let me start with the bottom line. Toxic bosses never bring out the best in people. They are bosses who ex… Read More
2016-11-04 15:27
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.We all look forward to paying our taxes, right? It’s always nice to know that our hard-earned dollars are… Read More
2016-09-01 15:07
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
Recent events on the football field have reminded me of a story told to me by my former business partner,  &hell…Read More
2016-04-07 13:48
The author Judy Agnew, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.No matter the industry, in all my years of experience working across organizations, from the hourly workforce to the… Read More
2016-03-08 16:51
The author Bryan Shelton, M.S. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Lean and Six Sigma are very useful tools for process improvement initiatives with the intent of reducing waste and… Read More
2016-02-23 18:20
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.At the US Open in 1925, golfer Bobby Jones called a penalty on himself, a penalty that no one saw. That one stro… Read More
2015-11-16 16:31
The author David Uhl can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Attracting and keeping your best performers continues to be not only a smart business decision but a very strategic one that… Read More
2015-10-14 19:56
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
The post 25 Quotes on Behavior and Leadership appeared first on Aubrey Daniels’ Blog Read More
2015-09-09 15:01
The author David Uhl can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
If you look around the workplace today, whether your company is thriving or fighting to stay alive, it’s not uncommon… Read More
2015-08-25 15:17
The author Cloyd Hyten, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Maybe you’ve heard the term de-skilling. It refers to the loss of knowledge or skills on the part of a person… Read More
2015-07-14 12:54
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, then you are a leader.”
&m&hell…Read More
2015-07-09 12:49
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Have you ever had someone perceive you to be a certain way as if they know what you’re thinking? I just re… Read More
2015-04-30 12:00
The author Bryan Shelton, M.S. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.How a leader provides feedback is one of those distinguishing factors between being a leader by title and being a… Read More
2015-04-27 12:57
The author Bryan Shelton, M.S. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Shaping is a powerful tool for teaching any new skill. Although most shaping of our behavior is done inadver… Read More
2015-03-18 14:13
The author Darnell Lattal, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.In the ABC series, What Would You Do? host John Quiñones places ordinary folks in situations that force t… Read More
2015-03-16 14:16
The author Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D. can be reached at Aubrey Daniels’ Blog.Every day I read, see or hear something that drives me crazy. The latest is the headline on a piece that’s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The author admin can be reached at Aubrey Daniels' Blog.It’s built into what we do with our clients, in understanding and applying the science of behavior. While it may not seem… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The author admin can be reached at Aubrey Daniels' Blog.It’s generally agreed that persuading employees to give more than required can make or break a company. Yet many leaders struggl… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The author admin can be reached at Aubrey Daniels' Blog.One issue has been largely overlooked in the discussions about women in leadership: Do the traits of one gender have an advantage over… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The author admin can be reached at Aubrey Daniels' Blog.There is nothing mysterious about creativity. Contrary to what many writers write and to the many so-called myths out there; it is not… Read More
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