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How Leaders Increase Engagement

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

Leadership Tools to Retain Employees

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

Leadership Lessons from the Super Bowl and... Lance?

The Super Bowl was SUPER! But I have to admit it made me think of… cycling and the Tour de France. I’m serious. The Tour de France is the Super Bowl of professional cycling, where 180 of the world’s best cyclists race an average of 100 miles per day for 21 days. To win . . . → Read More: Leadership Lessons from the Super Bowl and… Lance?

Do Leaders Tell or Sell Their Story?

The audience of 500 senior leaders and middle managers listened as the CEO outlined the major change initiative. His grasp of the facts and details was amazing. But after 15 minutes of data, the audience drifted. The CEO lost them because he didn’t realize that to reach the mind one must go through . . . → Read More: Do Leaders Tell or Sell Their Story?

Commanding Leaders Choose Happiness

Aristotle said, “All things we do, we do to increase our happiness.” People behave in ways they believe will increase their happiness. The figure below is a simple formula that predicts how happy you are after any setback.

Happiness = Experience – Expectations

This formula says that your level of happiness . . . → Read More: Commanding Leaders Choose Happiness