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Leaders: Employee Engagement Is Not Rocket Science
There are many ways to motivate today's workforce. Employee engagement is not rocket science. But it does require placing an organization-wide focus on leading people to achieve results over an emphasis on getting things done and improving productivity ratios....
Increasing Employee Engagement
7 Things That Motivated Employees Want Most As we showed in the previous blog on Leaders: Your #2 Priority Is Employee Engagement, there are some hefty benefits and savings to be gained from having a highly engaged workforce. So why are these benefits and savings...
Leaders: Your #2 Priority Is Employee Engagement
Healthy Benefits To Be Gained From Increasing Employee Engagement Leaders at all levels of organizations should be greatly concerned that roughly 70% of American workers showing up for work uninterested in their jobs, not enthusiastic about their work, or uncommitted...
Leading Employee Engagement
Leaders Need To Close The Continuous Gap in Employee Engagement After leading team member development, employee engagement is the number one role of every leader. The more engaged your team members the higher your results will be. Most managers and leaders think that...
Leaders: Proper Feedback Is Important For Developing People
How To Give Feedback Effectively To Develop People And Improve Performance Feedback is a specialized form of professional development, one with which many new managers and leaders struggle. Part of the reason for this is that feedback has been taught as either...
Tools For People Development
It is the responsibility of leaders to ensure the development of team members As we wrote in a previous blog on Becoming an Excellent Developer of People, developing the skills of your team members is your responsibility as a leader. Your organization’s Human...
Great Leadership Articles from July 2018
Best Articles on Leadership, Leadership Skills, and Leadership Development At the beginning of each month I share the best articles on leadership, leadership development, and general leadership skills that I have read during the previous month. Here are the articles...
Become An Excellent Leader of People Development
Sharing Resources on Leadership and People Development How do you go about being an excellent leader of people development? First, have an understanding that developing the skills of your team members is your responsibility as a leader. Your organization’s Human...
Developing People and Teams
Everyone On Your Team Has Talents That Can Be Improved. People Development Is A Leadership Priority. Not surprisingly, the 2017 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For annual study showed that the best companies are committed to employee development. In fact, the...
Book Review: The Long-Distance Leader
Leading Remote Teams, Direct Reports, and Team Members It is not often that a new leadership book captures my attention from start to finish. So I am pleased to share that The Long-Distance Leader by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel did so. The Long-Distance Leader...