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Employee Engagement and Empowerment

A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment
Motivation or morale problems are usually rooted in leaders failing to engage people in the broader aims and ideals of the organization. More
Beyond Manipulating and Motivating to Leading and Inspiring
When confronting morale problems, managers will often succumb to the Victimitis virus and blame the declining work ethic, or any number of societal factors. But these factors are more imagined than real. Studies show that people's real needs are much less mercenary than most managers believe. More
Bridging the Credibility Gap
One deadly consequence of the management credibility gap is that employees emotionally distance and disengage themselves from their bosses and their organizations, and this we/they schism can have profoundly negative consequences. More
Customer Satisfaction is a Reflection of Employee Satisfaction
A company's external customer service is only as strong as the company's internal leadership, and the culture of commitment that this leadership creates. More
Decentralized Organization Structures Empower and Energize
High performing organizations that are thriving in today's chaotic world, are adapting and pioneering a wide variety of highly decentralized structures. They are giving up control of people so that people can control their own and the organization's destiny. More
Emotional Empowerment Builds Commitment
Most managers recognize that one of their key roles is motivating others, and the key to motivation is empowerment. Internal commitment is participatory and very closely allied with empowerment. More
Empowerment Through Passion and Commitment
Making jobs more rewarding is the best way to influence motivation and job satisfaction. It requires giving employees more control over the processes they are involved in for real empowerment. More
Engagement is an Inside Job
Building partnerships through involvement and participation results in strong leadership that leads to high performance. More
Getting it Together: Integrating Customer Focus, Involvement, and Horizontal Management
Change direction from internal to customer focus, functional to horizontal management and management-centeredness to total involvement. More
Leaders Make the Difference
Not all organizations perform equally. The significant variable is the quality of leadership. More
Manage Things, Lead People
To manage is to control, handle or manipulate. To lead is to guide, influence or persuade. More
Might is No Longer Right
Lack of compassion and understanding can adversely affect a company's turnover. In today's workplace, a management style of pushing people around often pushes the highest performers right out the door. More
Morale Problem? Look in the Mirror
Creating the conditions for self-motivations leads to satisfied employees producing satisfied customers. More
Pathways and Pitfalls to Giving Personal Recognition and Appreciation
Effective reward and recognition is an integrated process, not a bolt-on program. Discover the Giving Personal Recognition and Appreciation approaches that can help you to avoid the pitfalls and pave your organization's pathway to success. More
Retaining Top People
Retention and engagement are critical to an organization's success, but attracting and retaining talented people is a growing challenge for many organizations. More
Reward and Recognition Reinforce Paternalism or Partnerships
The big differences with reward and recognition approaches have to do with how they're used. Making them shallow and crass will threaten to swing attention away from the meaningful issues of principles and purpose and move to self-interest and selfishness. More
Stop Managing and Start Leading
Truly good corporate leaders, know how to remove barriers between themselves and their staff. More
Systems and Structure Pathways and Pitfalls
Discover the Systems and Structure approaches that can help you to avoid the pitfalls and pave your organization’s pathway to success. More
The Power of Passion
Leadership is emotional. Leadership deals with feelings. Leadership is made up of dreams, inspiration, excitement, desire, pride, care, passion, and love. The areas of our lives where we show the strongest leadership. More
The View from the Front Line
Customer focused organizations build internal communication processes around the valuable players that deal directly with the public. More
Wise Managers Treat Layoffs as Last Resort
Management can be tough, but leadership takes real courage. "Dumbsizing" sometimes provides short-term relief, while hurting companies in the long-term. More

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