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The lights flickered in the house as I was gearing up for a great Tuesday start to the week after Memorial Day. My wife, kids, and visiting niece were all...

The first time I read Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, I was struck by the practical ways an organization can improve its overall culture as it moves from...

With the recent FTC ruling to ban noncompetes nationwide, some organizations are scrambling to find other ways to scare current and former employees from operating in the same industry. The biggest sh...

“I recently learned about the CARPOOL program that is being developed by Jeff Schiefelbein. This program is going to fail. I am 200% against this project, and I urge you to join me in putting a stop t...

“My kid never gets hurt. Never.”

I was squinting at this woman at the local playground as she made this proclamation and stared intently at me while I held one of my crying kids. I had six of my seve...

Creating a great company culture is simple. That is what makes it so difficult.

Many people are curious about company culture, wondering how they, too, can create a dynamic workplace. They clearly se...

It's easy to get excited about the intentional culture-building concepts we share at Undivided Life, only to be brought back down to the reality of your lack of status or feelings of insignificance at...

I’m consistent with the kids. I treat each of them differently.

Leading a family with seven kids is like leading a large company.

My kids range in age from ten to just one month. If you spend an hou...

We did something impossible this past weekend.

Less than two weeks after my wife gave birth to our seventh child, we moved across town with a long U-Haul truck and FIVE full moving PODS, and then we ...

“You have seven kids!! I can barely handle two.”

My wife and I hear comments like this daily, and I think there is a lot of truth in the sentiment that it is difficult to keep up with two children. F...

Business owners and executives often compliment themselves on creating “pretty good” company cultures with policies and organizational norms that work well. They share how employees view their policie...

Tough conversation ahead? Be sure to set the table.

Resist the urge to launch into feedback and coaching without a proper setup.

When we dive into a crucial conversation or fraternal correction with...

Being named one of the “best places to work” isn’t about the award.

It’s about the reality.

While I was at the last company I co-founded before Undivided Life, we created a high-performance, people-cent...

By now, we are all familiar with concepts like Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Anything as a Service (XaaS). The phrase “as a service (aaS)” refers to a business model ...

Have you ever taken time away from work for a medical need? Have you stayed with a sick child in the hospital, tended to the mental health of a loved one, had a new baby, adopted a child, mourned the ...

Cody Slape joins Undivided Life as the company’s Chief Optimizer.

October 2, 2023

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Only nine months into the launch of Undivided Life, the demand for the company’s services has led ...

It’s impossible to attract great talent in today’s job market.

We are told this every day. Then we repeat it over and over.

And for most companies and most leaders, this false narrative becomes their tr...

To be coachable, you should not defend, rationalize, or dismiss the coaching contributions of others.

Coaching is foundational to great culture building, but it requires fertile soil.

Unfortun...