Employee engagement activities die with this quote
Wharton professors summarizing the decline of modern business in, essentially, one sentence. Continue Reading
Employee Engagement
Employee recognition ideas: Uh, start by caring
“I don’t have time to recognize my employees! Don’t we do that at raise season or something? Eff it, let’s buy a software program!” Continue Reading
Why your work culture sucks (and how to fix it)
A violation of core business tenets. Continue Reading
The bad attitude work myth
Or “How Bosses Keep Their Teams Full Of Only People Who Never Question Anything They Say, Volume 12.” Continue Reading
Great place to work myth: Compensation
There are hundreds of studies about what makes a great place to work, yes? And most bear out this idea that compensation is NOT paramount in that equation — although executives are often confused by this. Continue Reading
Has employee loyalty finally died?
You’d reckon the answer is yes (for many people). But why? And what does it mean? And how can companies react and maybe get a strategic advantage back from it? Continue Reading
Employee engagement ideas: Cut the BS
Saying that your company has a “purpose-driven mission alignment around core values and employee experience” is BS and fluff. It means nothing to a rank-and-file worker, and it hurts employee engagement. So let’s cut the crap. Continue Reading
The power of business storytelling
I’ve written before about the general power of storytelling — to leadership efforts, for example, or to marketing — but now let’s discuss it in the context of business storytelling. Here’s a Wharton interview with Carmine Gallo, author of a… Continue Reading