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4 Ways You May be Undermining Employee Engagement
In last week’s blog post, we took a look at the connection between appreciation and employee engagement. This week, we continue the theme with a post that looks at the […]
How To Make Your Offsite Shine
Welcome to the Quantum podcast series featuring Gershon Mader and Josh Leibner, co-authors of the best selling business book: The Power of Strategic Commitment: Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Total Alignment […]
Create Your Future
Alan Kay, a former Apple Fellow, said, “The only way to predict the future is to invent it.” Steve Jobs has consistently said that his strategy relies on “looking for the next […]
Generating Commitment Requires Great Courage
Generating commitment is possible for any leadership team willing to follow some simple rules. The first rule is the toughest: brutal honesty. We’re not talking about being brutally honest with others, but rather […]
When Performance and Effectiveness Decline, Commitment Plunges
As a rule, when performance and effectiveness begin to decline (quality of work, responsiveness, customer satisfaction, new sales, repeat business, and so on), the commitment factor isn’t tracked or challenged. Yet we’ve all […]
Have you considered the expenditures that your employees may cost you?
Have you considered the expenditures … (of) employees who: Require layers of supervision and the concomitant expense Find excuses to arrive late, leave early, and minimize contribution Spend time on […]
What Do People’s Complaints Really Mean?
When people privately complain about how busy they are rather than doing what needs to be done, this too can be a good indicator that people are avoiding rather than taking responsibility. – […]
From Human Resource Manager to Chief Commitment Officer
In our work, we often hear HR executives lament about not having a seat at the table when it comes to being part of the strategic decision-making process. They frequently […]
How To Make Your Meetings Matter
In continuing our blog series this month on meetings, we have invited Pauline Couture President PCA to give us a guest post on How To Make Your Meetings Matter. Here […]
