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...
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...
How Managers Lead for More Employee Engagement
Manager Selection and DevelopmentIf your organization is like most, you select managers according to such criteria as their tenure with the company, their successful performance as individual contributors, or your “gutfeel” that they’d do a good job. But Fortune...
How to Intentionally Build Better Relationships at Work
COVID’s ImpactLife changed dramatically for us all once COVID hit our shores. Beyond the tragic loss of life and disruption of what had been “normal,” those of us in a typical office environment were suddenly working remotely from home. We struggled to learn the...
Leadership Tips to Retain Talent
Retain Your Precious TalentIt’s no secret that low employee engagement and weak employee retention are costly to the organization. But did you know how high the price of disengaged employees and high turnover is? For every employee that leaves, you need to plan on...
What Results-Oriented Leaders Have In Common
Getting SmarterWith the pace of change accelerating and the complexity of today’s marketplace increasing, it becomes more and more important for businesses and leaders to get smarter. They need people who make things happen — often in the face of seemingly...
An Employee Input Mistake Too Many Leaders Make
Why Some Leaders Commit an Employee Input MistakeMost leaders get where they are by being competent and confident. It’s often necessary for leaders to project confidence and authority to rally the troops when an important project is behind schedule, during times of...
