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I heard the parents in the bleachers stabbing me in the back, “Why didn’t they get a real coach? What’s wrong with Jensen? Doesn’t he want to win the state championship? Why won’t he put Billy in the game?” Their comments stung. But I stuck to my guns. We had a rule, “if you . . . → Read More: The Four Values of Ethical Leaders “You working late again?” The housekeeper asked, as she pulled her garbage-can-on-wheels into the computer room and gave me her warm smile. “Someone needs to process these studies,” I replied with a grateful grin. I was relieved to finally see a friendly face. I didn’t confess that I had nowhere else to be. It . . . → Read More: How to Embrace Diversity  Comments are closed  Diversity, Empowering engagement, Empowering motivate teamwork, Global Leadership, Rational understand people How Many of Your Employees Are Fully Engaged? About 27% of the workforce is the answer for most organizations. That’s right, only 27% of employees are fully engaged at work according to research studies by the Gallup Organization. The remaining 73% are between somewhere between “not fully engaged” and “dead men working.” Engagement is . . . → Read More: How Leaders Increase Engagement “Either one meets or one works. One cannot do both.” So says management guru Peter Drucker in his book, The Effective Executive. He points out that the only reason we really meet is that “the knowledge needed in a specific situation is not available in one head.” Of course, there are times when we . . . → Read More: Four Leadership Secrets of Effective Meetings One comment - (Comments are closed) Clarify objectives, effective meetings, Empowering engagement, Empowering Teams, Engage others, meeting, meetings A friend told me that she was very disappointed that her employer was giving her less than a 1% raise this year, despite the fact that she is the best worker on the team (as determined her manager’s objective measures). Her manager apologized, but said that she had been hired near the high end . . . → Read More: Leadership Tools to Retain Employees 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Empowering engagement, Empowering engagement coach, Empowering motivate teamwork, Empowering Motivation, Empowering Teams, Feedback, Motivation |
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