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13 Scary Statistics on Employee Engagement
Written by: Jacob Shriar | November 21, 2014
There is a serious problem with the way we work.
Most employees are disengaged and not passionate about the work they do. This is costing companies a ton of money in lost productivity, absenteeism, and turnover. It’s also harmful to employees, because they’re more stressed out than ever.
The thing that bothers me the most about it, is that this is all so easy to fix. I can’t figure out why managers aren’t more proactive about this…. Read More»
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How Great Leaders Make a FUSS About What Works
Written by: Jim Haudan | November 20, 2014
Why are we always so focused on what’s NOT right? It’s partly human nature, partly habit, and we are just drawn to solve the biggest breakdowns in the business. The problem is that when we do this, we neglect to focus on what actually is working. And that’s where the real opportunity lies…. Read More»
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3 Ways We Confuse Emotions with Emotional Intelligence
Written by: Dana Theus | November 19, 2014
It often surprises my executive coaching clients how important their emotions are to their workplace success. Most of us have been trained to keep our emotions out of the office, so we let lag an ongoing investment in our Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Part of the problem is that investing in developing EQ is work that doesn’t always have an immediate payoff, and most of us are focused on results now! But part of the problem is a fundamental misunderstanding about what EQ is. … Read More»
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6 Ways to Know You Need a Course Correction
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg | November 18, 2014
Some people measure success by the wealth they’ve accumulated, the power they’ve attained, or the status they’ve achieved. Yet, even though they’ve reached success beyond their wildest dreams, they still have an empty feeling — something is missing from their life.
In order to fill that void and be completely fulfilled in life, their soul may be searching for something more.
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14 Essentials That Help Today’s Leaders Do Great Work
Written by: Young Entrepreneur Council | November 17, 2014
YEC (Young Entrepreneur Council) surveyed some folks about one thing they need to do good work. Here are the responses…. Read More»
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The 3 Beliefs of Human Business
Written by: Mark Lukens | November 16, 2014
It’s all too easy to forget the human side of business. We get so bogged down in the processes and procedures, the board meetings and balance sheets, that we forget that business doesn’t exist for its own sake. Business is about human beings. It was invented to serve human beings. It employs human beings. It rewards, develops and sadly sometimes discards human beings. And any business has an impact on the human beings all around it…. Read More»
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8 Lame Phrases Bad Bosses Say
Written by: Monique Craig | November 14, 2014
Some employers tend to underestimate the effect of their words and expressions on the morale of their workers. The truth is that what managers say and how they say it impacts employee engagement and loyalty, to the point when the supervisor’s comments become the prime motive for leaving the company. Here are some examples of things responsible employers should never say to their workers…. Read More»
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Making Work As Natural As Play
Written by: Arnaud Henneville | November 13, 2014
People are problem-solvers and are indeed willing to use their set of skills and talents beyond the core of what they have been employed to do. And that is precisely where today’s problem possibly lies: whilst the pin-factory model has disappeared, A. Smith’s underlying principles of ‘specialization of labour’ are still very patent in spite of all that is done for personal development and growth. The direct consequence of this is that people’s talents are largely underused in most contemporary organizations. Today’s organizations should be fluid – so fluid that specialty/expertise can be tapped into at any time, from anywhere…. Read More»
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Leadership Lessons in Purpose from the Silver Screen
Written by: Rob Salafia | November 12, 2014
Executives faced with the reality of leading change have much to learn from the performing arts. In this article we compare the role of the CEO to that of a film director.
Take a look at this photograph of Francis Ford Coppola with Marlon Brando on the set of “The Godfather”.
godfatherImagine the underlying tensions. At this stage, nobody knew that the film would become an all-time cinema classic. Brando was at the top of his game, one of the most enigmatic characters Hollywood had ever seen. Coppola was a young man of thirty-three, clearly talented but with little track record. The budget was large and the stakes were high. Neither man could contemplate a box-office failure…. Read More»
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6 Principles of Human-Centric Leadership
Written by: Mark Fernandes | November 12, 2014
Self-evident and self-validating natural laws that don’t change or shift, providing true north direction for our lives. All are elegantly simple words that much like a compass, always show us the way. So simple however, that maybe, just maybe they are getting buried in the complexity of modern day leadership and life. Could this be what we are missing, what we are looking past when it comes to the leadership gap? I’ll let you be the judge…. Read More»