Wasp Therapy to Test Courage in the Workplace

A company (who you all know) uses wasps to test strength of character.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisApril 2, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Reflecting on the Death of My Dear Friend

Through it all though, his unwavering North Star of family, love, fun and joy made him totally magnetic. We just wanted to be in his orbit so that we could be part of the dance.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 26, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Should Netflix Change its Culture Values?

When executives see examples of entitlement, they risk overreacting with rules to tighten the ship.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 19, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Work Adaptability and Rapid AI

People at all levels ideally can be active participants in co-creating new ways of working, versus hiding from replacement.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 12, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Workers Just Want to Have Fun

Getting to our jobs, whatever that means these days, is so much more enjoyable when you know your day will be filled with smiles and laughter.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMarch 5, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Investing Differently in Our Future

The biggest challenges seem to revolve around our economic and social systems that are begging to be revamped.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 27, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Why the 'Conversation is the Relationship'

Too often, I find the workplace missing opportunities to have the right conversations at the right time.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 20, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Cost of a Toxic Culture

A culture is a reflection of an organization’s leadership, current and to some extent, historical. What does Boeing’s culture say about its leadership today?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 13, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

What Were You Made For?

Clarity of purpose and a commitment to meaningful values helps sustain an organization through market turbulence.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisFebruary 6, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Return to Work’s Last Stand?

Strong, confident leaders know that impactful results balanced with consistent constructive behavior is the key to staying employed.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisJanuary 30, 2024Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Celebrating the ‘Elvis of the Grill’

So what if we ALL viewed this group as A KEY source of accelerating progress? What if we equipped them for greater success? What if we treated them as the “kings/queens of the grill”.