As it happens, the old carrot and stick theory of inspiring motivation is no longer the best way...
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Manage Workplace Roadblocks – Prevent Employees from Quitting Before Quitting
Impact people and performance by helping them better manage the roadblocks they face in getting what they want. Reduce turnover and improve productivity.
Workplace Flexibility has a lot in store for both employees and employers. Are you game?
Offices have changed forever! Organizations no longer see employees spending five-day, 40-hour...
Employee Engagement is OVER? Maybe that is a good thing!
An email from Mercer/Sirota today was headlined, "Employee Engagement is so over! Ok, maybe not...
Dr. Seuss on Disruptive Engagement
Even Dr. Seuss would understand about the issues and opportunities around the positive impacts of...
Managers – How Square Wheels can impact their workplaces
I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...
Learning Skills, Note Taking, and Improving Performance
I will admit that I was never much of a student when in school. It was an 82 average in high...
Engagement – The Day AFTER National Employee Appreciation Day
I popped up a short post on doing a Day of Un-Appreciation every year, with the idea that doing a...
Better Roadblock Management – Dis-Un-Empowerment and Square Wheels
My regular readers know that I use images and metaphors to express a lot of my thinking. My basic...
Fear is The Mindkiller – Thoughts on Facilitation and Engagement
In writing about facilitation and how it seems that some people want to make this simple concept...
An interview on leadership and engagement with Dr. Scott Simmerman
In the published interview discussion below, Dr. Scott Simmerman, managing partner of Performance...
Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly – Thoughts on Change – Part Five
This is Part Five of our five-part post on issues surrounding people and performance and managing...
The Play’s The Thing – More Cartoons on how organizations really work
Organizations need to make continuous progress on workplace improvements so that they can sustain...
Square Wheels and funny captions – The Joke is on Who?
Funny how the brain works... I got a list of slogans and tagwords for beauty products and computer...