Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?
The need for instant gratification and to show a profit no matter the cost to employees, society, or an organization’s welfare seems to be the motto in today’s business culture. Yet there are those few stellar organizations…and they are not all Fortune 500’s….that beg to differ. These companies invest in team building ideas that value […]
Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
A Healthy Team Is A Productive One
The Hartford, on September 25, released its third in a series of four reports this year providing insights on various trends in the workplace. Best-selling author and marketing consultant Lindsey Pollak shares her expertise on the Millennial generation and what both employees and employers can anticipate going forward. The first two reports, published in April […]
Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace
Employee infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]
Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce
Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today’s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren’t working to their full potential and they’re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees – another 18% are actively disengaged. […]
Workforce Performance Insights That Improve Team Work and Employee Productivity
Recently, Evolv, a software company with a mission to redefine workforce management through science released a workforce performance insights report with some stunning insights. First U.S. businesses lose $350 billion dollars annually from low employee productivity and attrition. Second, tracking workforce productivity focused on what makes employees successful can help leaders realize a […]
Got Employee Engagement?
[jwplayer mediaid=”3933″] Click Here To Get Immediate Access To Engagement, Retention and Growth Details Now! Got employee engagement? There’s been a lot of buzz lately about employee engagement. So … what is it? By most definitions employee engagement is an employee’s level of involvement, emotional commitment and personal satisfaction with their job and where they […]
Are Employees Fearful of Their Own Good Ideas?
Are emplolyees fearful of change? Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. Noted author and leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, nailed it right on the head with this expression. And nothing could be farther from the truth in today’s workplace. Change is already happening whether executives and employees choose to acknowledge it or not. Organizations embracing […]
Visionary Women Leaders Recognized for Innovation
Sometimes the greatest success a woman can achieve is more than the title she holds. In the world of M2M, you will find a group of tenacious women who are compelled to mentor the next generation of females as technology leaders. Last month, Connected World magazine announced the inaugural list of its annual Women of […]
2013 Predictions for Business Communications and Leadership Trends
Shedding the old year and ringing in the new always brings forward predictions of better times ahead. Otherwise, who would not be compelled to pull the sheet over their heads and refuse to get out of bed? That said, what is in store for leadership development and training in 2013? According to one Seattle-based consultancy, […]