Category: Accountability
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Discretionary Effort
I had a discussion this past week with a manager for a firm that had a poor last quarter showing. He couldn’t quite put his finger on the slip in dynamic. It was a great conversation and a testament to paying attention to employee relations. It is important to remember positive or negative production/outcomes can be […]
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If You Want To Maximize Productivity, Don’t Minimize Sleep
An article in Inc. recently talked about the ten reasons working too much and sleeping too little is just plain wrong. It doesn’t matter who you are and what you believe, sleep matters. So whether it is you skipping sleep or your employees’ workload making them cut back, the bottom line is this. Lack of sleep, […]
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Happy Employees, It’s Not Easy
I had to read an article with the title of “5 Foolproof Steps to Happier Employees” because rarely is anything “foolproof.” But while reading it, there it was, the universal mis-belief… “Don’t ask about things you can’t or won’t change.” I’m not on board with the ‘don’t ask’ part, as ignorance in business is not bliss. And […]
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High Performance Culture
A high performance culture looks like what? If you aren’t sure, you may want to first create one for yourself before expecting an entire corporate or organizational culture to have it. If you aren’t sure if you have a high performance culture, most likely you don’t. You can find a million different models of it, […]
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Whatever It Is It Is Relevant If It Is Yours
Maybe your dream is more engaged/productive employees (see https://thehappypath.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/13-of-employees-worldwide-are-engaged/ for some fairly dismal statistics). Maybe it is to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Maybe it is a stronger management team, or even to move up or possibly out of the company/organization you are in. Whatever your dream goals are right now they are relevant. They are relevant […]
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13% Of Employees Worldwide Are Engaged
You’ve already done the math in your head that tells you 87% of employees worldwide are not engaged. For the stats you can visit http://www.gallup.com/poll/165269/worldwide-employees-engaged-work.aspx . We can talk until we are blue in the face about why this dynamic exists. But I strongly believe it is rooted in a few basic ‘truths’. One, change is […]
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70% Of The Workforce Is NOT Engaged In Their Jobs
“Of the approximately 100 million people in America who hold full-time jobs, 30 million (30%) are engaged and inspired at work, so we can assume they have a great boss. At the other end of the spectrum are roughly 20 million (20%) employees who are actively disengaged. These employees, who have bosses from hell that […]
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Don’t Bargain
I’ve always loved the following quote: “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi The reason is that so often either subconsciously or consciously we stop ourselves from committing all we can whether in work or relationships. Sometimes we […]
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Perfect, The Enemy Of Done
For the last few years I have heard people constantly use the word “perfect.” It drives me crazy. Perfect is often one’s perception, not reality. The pursuit of ‘perfection’ is one of the main reasons we delay and often forgo moving in positive, productive directions. Here are two reasons which represent why I am not a fan of ‘perfect.’
Strategic Alignment For Individuals & Organizations 