David Ossip, CEO of Ceridian Success comes from culture When I first walked in to our head office in Minneapolis – a beautiful building, with a welcoming reception desk – my first thought was “Oh my, I don’t think I’m going to be allowed into the building.” Hanging behind reception were large flat-screen televisions, one […]
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Welcome to the “Feelings Economy”. You’ve been living in it for some time now: a world where our work and home lives are driven by feelings, not intellect. What makes this so? According to brain science, it is the emotional side of the brain—not the rational, logical one—that tells us what is true. In other
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Karin Hurt and David Dye, Co-authors, Winning Well Have you ever witnessed the exuberant celebration during an employee-recognition event when a name is called and the whole audience seems to scream, “Yes!”? People rise to their feet. It’s high fives the whole way back from the stage. There’s a certain magic that fills the room
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Is your organization stuck in the Engagement Paradox? Time and again, we see that the more leaders try to manage engagement, the more disengaged their employees actually become. So what causes this paradox? It’s not that employees don’t want to be engaged; many are committed and loyal workers who come in early, stay late, and try
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Brady Wilson, Co-founder, Juice Inc. Do the people in your organization ever suffer from brain freeze? No, not the after-effect of bolting down that ice-cold frappuccino. I’m talking about when employees’ and leaders’ brains shut down at work—and they are unable to access their knowledge, experience, skills and strengths. If this sounds familiar, you’re not
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Anthony Zolezzi, Serial Entrepreneur, Innovation & Profitability CEO Advisor and Author Most Fortune 500 businesses and CEOs that I consult for today have great brands and services. These brands, services and assets were, at one time, state of the art and best in class. However, these brands and services are now being challenged by an
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One day you see it clearly. Your employees are acting like owners. How did it happen? When did it happen? Why did it happen? These are all good questions. Chances are if your employees are acting like owners it is because you treat them like owners. What are the signs? Here are five big ones.
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The latest edition of HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” features a story about the “trophy culture” of youth sports—the awarding of a trophy to any child who participates in an organized athletic activity. Actually, “participates” is too stringent a standard in one Los Angeles youth soccer organization. According to the organization’s commissioner, anyone whose
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Too many leaders are abdicating their responsibility for actually rolling up their sleeves and doing the hard, slogging work it takes to ensure that their people are more highly engaged. Imagine if there were someone in a position to be able to say this—directly, unambiguously, fearlessly. Here’s what such a bold pronunciamento might sound like.
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By reducing the Employee Engagement challenge to surveys and project management when it is really more a matter of institutional soulcraft, you run the risk of taking unearned comfort in the illusion of rigor: “This must be valid. There are many numbers, and many of those numbers have several decimal places!” You also run a serious–and
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