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When Work Has Meaning, The Culture Changes

Great Leadership By Dan

Helping employees find significance simply takes time, energy, and engagement. This was seen in a study called the Hawthorne Effect , which was run by Elton Mayo at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works factory, outside of Chicago, IL, in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. Productivity was carefully monitored following each change.

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Top 4 Tips for a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Strategy Driven

Examples of a poor work-life balance include working longer hours, cracking under pressure, and/ or suffering abundant responsibilities both at work and at home. By investing too much energy on perfection, it ultimately makes the task at hand harmful and more difficult. For example, one should learn how to say “no.” Start Small.

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Guidelines for Writing Your Goals

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Add it as a comment.

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Laughing and Business: Don’t Be a Buzz Kill

Great Leadership By Dan

Recently, a fraternity advertised a Cinco de Mayo party featuring margaritas and other typical features of the Americanized holiday. Southwest Airlines is a great example; flight attendants and pilots joke all the time. Dartmouth College, the League’s historically most fun school, is suffering from a serious lack of humor.

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Guest Post: Four Leadership Lessons from the Gym

Lead on Purpose

Taking 20 to 60 minutes every day to run, lift weights, play sports, do yoga, surf, or whatever else you enjoy can increase your productivity and energy, as well as just make you feel better – all crucial factors in leadership. Here are four examples why: Feel In Charge, Be In Charge. Lead By Example. Building Your Brain.

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Understanding Fear of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Because it takes energy to learn a new habit. Because if we change immediately every time we encounter a new environment, we will constantly spend energy on changing — energy that we need to survive. Because they are successful. Why are they successful? Why don't we try new practices? Why do we need habits?

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How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care

Harvard Business Review

Here we describe three examples of clinicians who are using outcomes measurement to improve clinical care. Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Shehzad Niazi had a problem. Several features of the program have already been expanded to other providers at Mayo. Streamlining Conversations and Improving Assessments.

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