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2012 National Search for Best Companies Deadline Looming
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Our Webinar, How To Build A Successful Work Environment Where Trust and Cooperation Thrive that is airing live now and for the next 15 days addresses employee safety and security. We are pleased to report on this Best Companies competition offered by The Pricnipal entitled 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security.
As confidence in the economy rises, many employers are doing their part to bolster their own employee’s financial security. These companies ranging in size from 5 employees to thousands can receive the national recognition they deserve by entering The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security by April 27, 2012.
This is the 11th year the Principal Financial Group®will honor growing businesses that excel at helping employees build their financial well-being… Continue reading
4 Warning Signs Your Employer is Sucking the Life from You
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By Dianne Crampton
“Dear Diary… my boss is driving me crazy and has been making me miserable! Very little is being accomplished at work and quite frankly I’m exhausted and my attitude stinks! I need to update my resume and look for employment elsewhere where my skills are valued and appreciated.”
For over the past 15 years, Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, co-authors of The Progress Principle, have studied and researched what makes people happy and engaged in the workplace. They used a 21st century version of a centuries old classic to conduct their research of employee satisfaction and engagement in the workplace – the diary. However in this case, it was an electronic diary that recorded entries… Continue reading
Why Is The Bay Area A Global Innovation Leader?
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By Dianne Crampton
When it comes to innovation, the San Francisco Bay Area has unique assets that enable it to excel in the world economy. According to a new report released today by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Booz & Company, one of those assets is a distinct culture of innovation that can be found in many Bay Area companies.
Why is this?
The “secret sauce” these companies have combines an unusually high level of alignment and integration among their corporate, innovation, and business strategies and goals. It blends in a strong focus on connecting early and continuously with customers about their spoken and unspoken needs. It also engages chief technology officers directly in business strategy. This organizational culture combines with the region’s… Continue reading
Women-Owned Businesses Lead the Pack in Job Creation
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Women-owned firms continue to grow in number and economic stature. They are also offer workforce cultures that TIGERS advocates.
Women-owned businesses are standing toe-to-toe with competitors in a broad range of industries, including construction and transportation, where women-owned firms are just as likely as all firms in those sectors to generate more than half a million dollars in annual revenue. The growth in the number (up 54%), employment (up 9%) and revenues (up 58%) of women-owned firms over the past 15 years exceeds the growth rates of all but the largest, publicly-traded firms.
As of 2012, it is estimated that there are more than 8.3 million women-owned businesses in the United States, generating nearly $1.3 trillion in revenues and employing nearly 7.7… Continue reading
Are Unethical Business Leaders Spawning the Next Generation of Toxic Leaders?
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By Dianne Crampton
There has been an outpouring of reaction and response received from the NY Times editorial of “Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs .” When executive director, Greg Smith blew the whistle on Goldman Sachs before retiring, he put in writing what most of us already knew. Greed rules the financial sector and in many ways – a large segment of the business world. Gone are the days when customers and clients were an organization’s focus and ethical business decisions were made for the good of the organization and employees as a whole. Or is it just that the courageous whistle blowing of Mr. Smith has opened yet another closed door to the inner sanctum of a deteriorating business… Continue reading
Leadership Reflections on Belonging and Kindness
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By Dianne Crampton
I have given a lot of thought to belonging and kindness. Maybe as an adopted child I would spend a good part of my life contemplating it. Is belonging blood? Is it the family and friendships we create? Is it the community we build? Is it the people who embrace us? The people we embrace? Is it part of the creative design of our life to be even contemplating this?
I hold a magical belief that everyone is in the right place at the right time even if we don’t understand why something seems so wrong. Take the young man who recently had his life taken on the way home from a convenience store. A life so brief… Continue reading
Leadership Team Development Points To Widening Gap In Gender Preference
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By Dianne Crampton
Leadership strengths required to lead team cultures and improve team development are different than what is required in top down, Individualistic organizations. In our book, TIGERS Among Us – Winning Business Team Cultures and Why They Thrive, we differentiate between team work environments that are based on collaboration and Individualistic work cultures that reward successful internal competitors.
Because of these differentiations, we were not surprised to read the results of Zenger Folkman’s most recent findings that women out performed men in 15 of 16 leadership competencies. If you are not familiar with Zenger Folkman, the organization is one of the leaders in strengths-based leadership. A summary provided with the study summarized their results rather bluntly: most things… Continue reading
Did U.S. Companies Take Lessons from Wall Street on Arrogance During the Great Recession?
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Hang on employers… you may lose as much as 79% of your workforce when the economy turns around. That’s almost 8 of every 10 employees who intend to jump ship as soon as they can at a cost of billions employers – or so says the research.
Stick It to Their Employers
According to Ron Herzog, CEO & President of recruiting firm, FPC, their 2011 Year in Review revealed some not so surprising insights from a survey conducted with U.S. workers. Among the findings, these employees cited limited opportunities within their organizations and a long memory of transgressions…perceived and real… that they suffered at the hands of often arrogant employers during the Great Recession. With the fragile economy looking like it… Continue reading
Is Your Business Culture Zombied And A Ticking Time Bomb?
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By Dianne Crampton
To answer this question, you need to look no farther than “actively” disengaged employees who are skulking around you workforce waiting for the opportunity to move elsewhere. Much like the zombie portrayed in horror films, these employees moan, groan, and seek out other employees with the intention of devouring their initiative. They crush morale, suck creativity, and corner unwitting colleagues with ravings of discontent.
What brought the above scenario to mind was a conversation I recently overheard during a layover at an airport. A senior employee was coaching a teammate about a client they were calling on the next morning when they reached their destination.
Over the course of dinner and a few glasses of wine, the senior… Continue reading
Risk VS Reward: A Proactive Approach To Risk Management
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Risk is the fifth TIGERS principle that addresses ethical, quality-focused, productive, collaborative and successful organizations. Risk is taking a chance. When taking a risk fails, it results in making mistakes with a potential for loss or injury. On the downside, the fear of risk results in stagnation. On the upside, risk is the fuel behind change and innovation.
According to a new survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, Global companies are intensifying their focus on enterprise-wide risk management (ERM) in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and recession. However, most executives who responded to the survey feel their companies have a long way to go in building an effective, risk aware culture.
This… Continue reading
