It doesn’t take a genius.

Honor: The Hidden Driver of Performance ... Since the Trojan War

One of the foundational stories of our civilization spells out how the ancients thought about honor.
And as our culture changes, these stories will give you insight into how your employees and coworkers think about honor. 
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

How employees can sabotage, CIA-style

Did you know the precursor to the CIA gave people a manual for turning workplaces in enemy countries into a living, breathing "Office Space?"
Are you prepared to protect your workplace against them?
Part 3 of 3, where we finally get to the subject of employee sabotage. Spoiler: Office workers get their own entire section in the OSS manual. ...
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

The spy's guide to being a dysfunctional leader

Did you know the precursor to the CIA gave people a manual for turning workplaces in enemy countries into a living, breathing "Office Space?" Are you prepared to protect your workplace against them?
Back by popular demand, this is now part 2 of 3: How to sabotage your workplace as a manager!
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

Till Kahrs, the Speak Doctor: How communication and focused wooing works

Introducing to the IDTAG audience: our friend, Till Kahrs. It's impossible to summarize Till with a profession, or an achievement, or a story. But he has a lot of all three.
Tune in to hear some amazing stories of his hit songs, his TV appearances and the things he did that allowed him to transition from one success to another. (Hint: It involves a lot of what he trains on: mindset, communication skills and a touch of "focused wooing.")
Till's book
Till's YouTube channel
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

307 - The spy's guide to making your organization dysfunctional

Did you know the precursor to the CIA gave people a manual for turning workplaces in enemy countries into a living, breathing "Office Space?"
Are you prepared to protect your workplace against them?
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. Email: mike@successamplified.com and mark@hipsocket.net.

Why you should read Will Guidara's "Unreasonable Hospitality" (and its sequel, too!)

What makes the Will Guidara story and his book "Unreasonable Hospitality" so compelling--and so useful?
We share insights we've used from the book. Mark had the opportunity to train under Will Guidara and shares what he learned from Will's team.
https://www.unreasonablehospitality.com/books
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

We review "Unreasonable Hospitality - The Field Guide"

Will Guidara's bestseller now has a field guide! Tune in to hear some of the surprises you can expect in this excellent follow-up. https://www.unreasonablehospitality.com/books
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

Gossip is undermining your culture--we have a solution

Our episode on triangles was just a precursor to the thinking of Pamela Cole--our colleague, mentor and an actual genius! We got a chance to preview some of her upcoming book--and it has the solution to gossip in the workplace.
Our previous episode on triangles
Pamela Cole's recent work
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

Low-tech "gamification" grew CX--and sales

Mark shares business genius he witnessed at the Great Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati. Tune in to hear how a small customer engagement went from a desire for a small prize to a sale--to repeat business. 
(It would work for employees, too!)
See Amanda Trumpower's kids books here. 
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.

You need to be brightspotsmaxxing

Ridiculous youth slang? Serious life concept? Why not both! We explain the why and how of intentionally looking for and focusing on those small wins already happening. 
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.