People Matters

Culture, Energy & The Role of Managers

By Curt Coffman

Nov 1st 2012

I have devoted my whole 30-year career to the people side of the business. As a psychologist, I spent a lot of time in training the left side of my brain about what is wrong with people and became very good at diagnosing depression, moroseness and negativity. I had reached a point in my career, where I felt I just couldn’t do this anymore. Only being able to identify what is wrong is not very energizing. And I realized that I could actually help an organization (be it a school, a busines... Read more »