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Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday

Kevin Eikenberry

Decide to create a positive environment. Environment matters to productivity, job satisfaction, retention, collaboration, creativity and more. As a leader, you set the tone and are the most important regulator of the environment. What environment are you choosing to create? Decide to engage.

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The Most Valuable Question?

Kevin Eikenberry

List 10 -15 potential job satisfaction factors (money, benefits, autonomy, growth opportunity, advancement, security, social environment, etc.) Creates the environment for some very interesting discussions as well. and ask the staff member to rank them from most to least important. Then when you meet with them, you can drill down.

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Fostering Shared Responsibility - a Guest Post by Ed Brenegar

Kevin Eikenberry

One way to address this issue is through strategic organizational redesign to creates an environment of Shared Responsibility. The question that many of us then have is how to do we redesign our organizational structures so that we realize a higher level of initiative, interaction and impact.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Kevin Eikenberry

As this piece ( [link] ) points out, simple measures, such as a good flow of information, can create a winning environment. Shutting down the us and them mentality through open communication can create a happier, healthier workplace and a better customer service culture.

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Six Strategies for Boosting Morale

Kevin Eikenberry

These vague descriptions won’t do if you are serious about creating a working environment that is supportive, positive and helps people succeed. Beyond this, as you elicit the help and counsel of others; you are already engaging them in helping you positively change the morale and environment. Get help from others.

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