Why Workplace Culture Drives Employee Engagement
Why Culture Beats Perks: Workplace Culture Drives Employee EngagementFor years, companies have tried to boost employee engagement with ping-pong tables, free snacks, and flashy perks. Yet Gallup’s research shows that only 36% of U.S. employees are engaged at work, and...
Employee Motivation Warning Signs – The Top 3 That May Get Missed
Our organizational culture assessment data tells us that employee motivation acts as the heartbeat of a high performing workforce. High performing leaders look for and act upon employee motivation warning signs. Diminishing employee motivation points to decreased...
The Difference Between Leading and Managing
Leader or Boss? The Difference Between Leading and ManagingWe define a boss as someone who is in charge of a worker, a team, or an organization. Nothing derogatory about that. But when you think of being “bossed around” there’s a sense of being ordered to do things...
How to Avoid Manager Burnout
Do You Need to Think About How to Avoid Manager Burnout?We knew that employees were suffering from the effects of the pandemic, but our organizational culture assessment data tells us that most companies underestimated how much people managers were affected. And...
Steps Managers Can Take to Increase Employee Engagement
Do You Know Steps Managers Can Take to Increase Employee Engagement?Most companies these days understand the crucial role employee engagement plays in business success. Higher levels of employee engagement correlate to 18% greater productivity, 12% higher customer...
How Managers Engage Their Teams
How Managers Engage Their Teams MattersA Gallup study sought to learn just how much employee engagement depends on managers. It’s not surprising to those of us who have spent decades using action learning leadership development to build effective leaders that about...
Should Every Employee Be Treated as a Leader?
A New Paradigm - Should Every Employee Be Treated as a Leader?Peter Senge declared that “if you define a leader as an executive, then you absolutely deny everyone else in an organization the opportunity to be a leader.” In other words, he believed in broadening the...
