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July 29, 2014
What Are We Not Saying?
Actionable Opportunities to Engage Employees with Feedback
A provocative question. This is not about interpreting nonverbal behavior or playing Hollywood Game Night at the company picnic. It’s about being tight-lipped with our employees when we could choose not to. It’s about the messages we could be saying that would go a long way in engaging them, something we keep saying we want but can’t seem to get out of our own way to create.
What do employees want? We have scores of studies that show us. Whether you review Ross DePinto’s...Continue reading
By Sherri PetroPosted in Communication Skills on July 29, 2014
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March 21, 2014
Leader Engagement – 4 Steps to Ensure Your Commitment to Lead Change
Crafting a Successful Business Strategy vs. Committing to One
Whether you are leading a corporation or building your small business, crafting a successful business strategy is bound to be one of your key objectives. But when executives are asked if their strategies will be successful, the results are impressive...in an unimpressive way. According to a 2011 Booz & Company Executive Survey, 53% of executives do not believe their company’s strategy will lead to success, 63% say they have too many conflicting priorities and 54% say their company’s way of...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on March 21, 2014
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October 31, 2013
Personal Motivators-A Straighter Path Toward High Engagement
Lessons in Leadership Genius
Business success depends on the timing and fulfillment of customer-centric needs or desires. Many companies get that right, although some of it is simply by luck.
On the other hand, long-term and sustainable success requires, among other things, the critical element of a highly engaged workforce. This is always a deliberate effort by leadership to gain the commitment of their people…and never happens by luck or happenstance.
This brings to mind the email signature line...Continue reading
By Joseph SkurskyPosted in Human Resources on October 31, 2013
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October 27, 2013
4 Key Strategies to Engage Your Employees
You have more influence over employee engagement than you might think.
Many managers and supervisors tell me that they wish their employees would be more engaged. They want to see higher degrees of enthusiasm, ownership, commitment and accountability throughout the ranks on a daily basis. Maybe you have felt this way. But as a manager, you have more influence over employee engagement than you might think. Read on to learn 4 ways that you can positively influence employee engagement.
As managers, we dream of having employees that...Continue reading
By Claire LaughlinPosted in Management on October 27, 2013
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July 16, 2013
Apathy and Leadership
6 Steps to Overcoming Apathy Within Yourself & Your Team
By Jayne Jenkins, CEO, Churchill Leadership Group
When you think about apathy and the impact it can have on your business, leadership may not be the first place you look, but maybe it should be. By definition Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. Business leaders actively work to reduce apathy in an effort to increase "employee engagement" because once Apathy sets in, individuals become "disengaged" or even "unengaged"...Continue reading
By Jayne JenkinsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on July 16, 2013
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June 4, 2013
Employee Recruitment and Selection - Invitation or Acquisition?
In order to build an engaged organization, start with an invitation to join up.
By Mark Herbert, Principle Mark F. Herbert & Associates, Inc. and New Paradigms LLC
A young protégé of mine recently began negotiations with a rather large financial services organization. As she shares her experiences I have to tell you that I remain disappointed and a little surprised at how poorly so many employers are handling the recruitment and selection process!
On one hand she is very interested in the position, on the other she is more than a little put off by how...Continue reading
By Mark HerbertPosted in Human Resources on June 4, 2013
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April 25, 2013
It’s All About The People: Advice For New Managers
Making the mental shift from your own work to managing the work of others.
By Emilie Shoop, Creator and Leader of Shoop Training & Consulting
People are the key to getting anything done within an organization. It doesn’t matter if you make widgets or sell magic spells. Without the people, none of it is possible. One of the biggest challenges for new managers is making the shift from ‘It’s all about the work’ to ‘It’s all about the people’. Many new managers, if not all, struggle with this shift. From what...Continue reading
By Emilie ShoopPosted in Management on April 25, 2013
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April 22, 2013
Caring For The High Maintenance/High Value Employee
How to identify greatness & generate peak performance in complex individuals.
Throughout your career you will encounter many personalities, some difficult, some easygoing, some annoying, some inspiring. But there is one that I would describe as the most complex personality of all: The High Maintenance/High Value Employee. They earn that name because they require a full fledged management program to reach their peak performance, coupled with an extensive maintenance program to keep them functioning there. It sounds like a lot of work and it is, but when it...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Management on April 22, 2013
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April 18, 2013
Crafting Your Employment Brand: A 4-Pronged Approach
Is your Employment Brand an Asset or Liability to your company?
By Mark Herbert, Principle Mark F. Herbert & Associates, Inc. and New Paradigms LLC
Creating a corporate culture where great employees want to stay, and quality candidates want to join, is the ideal engagement scenario. Engaged organizations outperform their counterparts on every key performance indictor. In fact, a recent study indicated that organizations with high engagement outperform competitors with low to moderate engagement by an average of 12% per annum on return on assets,...Continue reading
By Mark HerbertPosted in Human Resources on April 18, 2013
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March 21, 2013
The Essence of Effective Hiring: 4 Steps to Improve Business Results
A NEW 80/20 Rule for Human Resources & Management
By Joseph Skursky, President of Market Leader Solutions
Have you ever felt like you’re paddling as hard as you can to go upstream but just can’t seem to make any progress? If you have, you’re not alone. I see this quite often both in HR and in leadership areas. Most often, the cause is the same.
People.
If they just did what they were supposed to do…
If they cared even half as much as you do…
If they weren't so difficult...Continue reading
By Joseph SkurskyPosted in Human Resources on March 21, 2013
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