Sat.Mar 12, 2011 - Fri.Mar 18, 2011

Eric Jacobson

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Are C-Suite Executives Confronting Employee Engagement?

Eric Jacobson

Overland Park, KS employee engagement expert and author Leigh Branham is the founder of Keeping The People, Inc. and he recently identified disappointing findings in a report released by The Economist , titled " Re-engaging with engagement: Views from the boardroom on employee engagement." Those disappointing findings called out by Branham were : 84% of survey respondents say that "disengaged employees" are one of the three biggest threats facing their business.

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Why Giving Positive Feedback Is Bettering Than Giving Praise

Eric Jacobson

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise , often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, repor

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Use A Board Of Advisers Instead Of Mentors

Eric Jacobson

Here is one of my Blog's most popular posts from last year.now with updated information. David Burkus often provides valuable comments to my various Blog postings, and he's a person who effectively uses a board of advisers, instead of mentors, to help him achieve success. "I've found that in my life, it was easier and more effective to set up a board of advisers," said Burkus, the editor of LeaderLab.

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Does T.E.A.M Say It All For How To Successfully Lead A Business?

Eric Jacobson

While I was at the gym today, I saw a poster for a team weight loss class/program. Its theme was: T.E.A.M. T = Training E = Education A = Accountability M = Motivation That got me thinking.if you lead a business and provide on-going training for your employees, provide opportunities for education and learning, hold employees accountable and provide plenty of motivation.is that basically all you need to be a successful leader?