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Employee engagement: a three-legged stool

Leigh Steere — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:01:14 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Resources Reviews Value Creation Workplace Issues

Many authors have written about people management, project management or corporate culture as separate topics. But a new book by Ben Snyder ties together all three subjects and paints a clear picture of how they interact to nurture (or damage) employee engagement and organizational performance. Read this review, find the book and set fire to the status quo.

21st-century leaders make 19th-century mistake

Leigh Steere — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:09 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues

Your corporate culture is your soil. It’s where your employees grow or wither. Are you cultivating it? Or are you washing it away in your quest to maximize this year’s profits?

The Top 3 Mistakes New Managers & Leaders Make … (from this coach’s perspective)

Christina Haxton — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:01:20 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

Whether you are a newly promoted manager, recently hired executive or have been in your position for some time, odds are if you are not ahead of the game, you may make one or more of these potentially costly mistakes: Mistake #1: Ignoring the obvious What it looks like: You are the “new person on [...]

9 ways to sink employee engagement

Leigh Steere — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:03:50 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues

In recent weeks, several articles have offered worthwhile ideas on how to boost worker motivation. But experts have been sharing this counsel for years, and employee engagement continues to decline. This post focuses on nine specific things that damage engagement. What’s at play in your organization?

Don’t Let Your To-Do List Override Your Good Sense

Mary C Schaefer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

. By this time you’ve heard story after story of Black Friday gone wrong. Shoppers with a laser focus on “making the season bright” allowed themselves to be willing to hurt another to achieve their prized purchase. What a way to start off the holiday season wrong on so many levels… “Leaders” at work face [...]

A Challenge for Leaders

Heather Coleman-Voss — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:05:21 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development

“Despite the economic recession, more employees are looking for opportunities outside of their organization than in 2008, suggesting that 2011 will be a challenging year for retention (and a hot market for firms to attract top talent).” Blessing White, 2011 Employee Engagement Report What is happening? While salaries are an important component to work and [...]

WEadership Practice #4: Encourage Experimentation (and, of course, experiment yourself)

Kristin Wolff — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:10:54 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

This post is the fourth in a series that began here summarizing the findings of a one-year study of workforce leadership. Through that process, we identified six practices next-generation leaders use to be effective; a new model of leadership we call WEadership, in a nod to its collaborative nature. ______________________________ The Speed of Life For [...]

Partnerships Create Community Impact

Chery Gegelman — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:08:03 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues

Written by: Becky Robinson, Mike Henry & Chery Gegelman This is the story of how a few people with a big vision are making a difference for the city of Tulsa. It’s a story about partnerships, sharing resources, and making a difference for workers and leaders. It started with Mike Henry, whose vision of bringing [...]

5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization

Chery Gegelman — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:03:36 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues

5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization: Exploring fills you with a sense of adventure, learning how things work and why they work that way makes your every cell in your body dance! In your explorations, you turn things over and look underneath them. You dig in the dirt and examine everything you find. Squiggly things [...]

Importance of Leadership Development in “The Individual Age”

Fred Schnook — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:36:15 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues

As the twentieth century came to a close, the industrial age ended as well. Where most employees once worked in large manufacturing firms that relied on rote tasks performed on large assembly lines – from autoworkers to assemblers in all fields, today’s workers are more likely to work in service related jobs that require diverse [...]