Tag Archives: strategy
Engagement & Productivity: What if you didn’t have to choose?
Engagement and Productivity are a difficult and delicate balance. Working to improve one, does not necessarily improve the other – at least, sustainably. It can be so difficult to translate the different ‘languages’ of traditional assessment tools, activities and development outcomes into every task and every working relationship – every moment of every day – […]
If Culture eats Strategy for breakfast – Let’s make it a balanced meal
As it stands, breakfast really isn’t a bad analogy. There seem to be as many ‘brands’ of culture as there are breakfast cereals. Are you hoping to describe your organizational culture as Irresistible? Humanistic? Purposeful? Happy? …Some other (mostly) ‘people-centered’ word? Or, would you say Innovative? Customer Service? LEAN? Collaborative? …Another (sort of) ‘process-oriented’ description? […]
The ROE: Your Return(s) on Engagement
Maybe it’s the ex-banker in me, but when I hear claims made about the ROI for engagement activities, I cringe. Comments like – ‘When your people are engaged, they will be more productive’ – and other wonderfully vague, broad suggestions. I find myself asking… How quickly will all this magic happen? Will everyone be engaged, company-wide – […]
3 Ways to Reframe the Definition of Employee Engagement
So many of the best practices in engaging employees feel like bribery and big promises of never-ending bliss. It’s a bit like corporate leaders are behaving like our divorced parents – at some point, Dad trumps Mom by putting a pony in the backyard… But, are any of us really any happier at work, every […]