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When is it Too Late to Engage Unhappy Employees?

May 28, 2010
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A crisis in employee engagement has been building for a long time, with employees increasingly being treated as interchangeable objects. As the economy recovers, the American workforce is going to go into active revolt.  Some of the best people will be energized to pursue situations where they will be treated as an intelligent Human being [...]

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This Is Not the Story You Think It Is (Part 2 of *How* Are You a Manager of People?)

April 6, 2010
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Being a People Person Doesn’t Mean Being a People Pleaser Managers labeled as being a “people person” sometimes get a bad rap.  Some almost view it with disdain.  As a manager it certainly helps if you are friendly or “approachable.”  But being a people person does not mean you have to be “friends,” go out [...]

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What The World Needs Now: Leadership 2.0

October 6, 2009
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Joe Gerstandt and I have been tossing some questions back and forth, and this time we  decided to both answer the same question, which is this:  We both focus largely on the intangible assets in an organization or community…the things that cannot be easily counted or weighed…things like difference, trust, relationships, culture, etc.  What can [...]

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Prevent ‘EE Exodus: Make It Make Sense to Them

September 30, 2009
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I saw a intriguing phrase recently in regard to employees’ state of mind: “turnover intention”  A Deloitte report describes this as, “an employee’s “conscious and deliberate willfulness to leave the organization” within a certain time interval, e.g., the next six months” (Tett and Meyer, 1993). You know that I think it is important to never take [...]

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NewsFlash: Pigs Fly and Mary Agrees with Jack Welch

June 18, 2009
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Jack and Suzy Welch wrote a great column in Business Week called, “The Difference Dignity Makes.”  Not that I didn’t think Jack Welch was capable of this kind of thinking, but it is the first time my heart softened to him, and that I could agree with him whole-heartedly. What reached out and touched me [...]

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What Managers Can Learn from TV Talent Show Judges

May 10, 2009
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First there’s Simon and Paula and Randy, and the Britain’s Got Talent crew. Then there’s the dance version: Bruno, Len and Carrie Ann on “Dancing With the Stars” (DWTS). Not that I’m a reality show junkie, but I have seen enough to know that we have something to learn from these judges’ very public “performance [...]

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Treating Each Other More Humanly at Work – What I Don’t Mean

February 10, 2009
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I find that when I talk to people about this idea of treating each other more humanly at work, that I have to talk as much about what it isn’t as about what it is. So, let me be clear, I am not talking about: Treating People at Work Like Family. Ever see the cartoon [...]

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