Welcome to the AXIS Experience Blog where we share our favorite new research and interests in all areas of health and wellness, as well as stories of our business and the many lessons learned along the way.
Stop Doing Performance Reviews; Start Having Conversations (Part 2)
In our first blog post on this subject, “Stop Doing Performance Reviews, Start Having Conversations, Part 1”, we discussed the long time ritual of formal performance reviews. We strongly feel that our employee performance ...
Stop Doing Performance Reviews; Start Having Conversations (Part 1)
One of the best things we have done to improve employee performance was to stop doing performance reviews. As most companies have done forever, we used to meet with everyone once a year to ...
Our Favorite Books to Give Away
DAY ONE Imagine walking into a new job on Day One feeling like they didn’t really care (or know) that you were starting that day? There you are, dressed to the nines, your brand ...
Telomeres, The Real Fountain of Youth!
The buzz in today's wellness craze is living to 150 years old! If you listen to Joe Rogan, David Asprey, Tim Ferriss, Peter Diamandis & other longevity experts, you get blown away by the ...
Building a Business Based on Inconvenience
Building a business is hard, it takes constant focus and a lot of grit. It’s always a battle of what is the best thing to do now, what will make a bigger impact in ...
How to Destroy Your Business
This is a story of stupidity and survival, of a young company with a lot of money and poor leadership. This was us in the early 2000’s. We had raised a substantial amount of ...
The Future of Personal Training
Can Robots Replace Trainers? There is a lot happening in the realm of innovation and automation. We are in the thick of it, just up the road from Silicon Valley, down the street from ...
It’s Easy to Sell in Good Times
This past week we attended the IHRSA show in San Diego. IHRSA, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association, is a not-for-profit trade association representing health and fitness facilities throughout the world. With less ...
March Madness (The Ultimate Team Building Game)
Each year millions of basketball and non-basketball fans go crazy over March Madness. Hours are wasted at work and productivity goes down because everybody involved is filling out their brackets and talking about the ...