HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

As CHRO, I always reinforce with my HR team that we are the architects of not only the employee experience but the structure of the organization and the operating model. In our 2022 ESG report we stated that our diverse workforce represents 34 different nationalities.

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Engineering Innovation Short-term Long-term 52

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

According to Hay Group’s study, the Best Companies for Leadership are purposeful and strategic in developing, enabling and motivating leaders throughout the organization to do their best. Other major findings from Hay Group’s Best Companies for Leadership Study include : The Best Companies develop, motivate, engage and enable employees.

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Company Leadership Press Release Innovation 241

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 17, 2024

Michael Shellenberger is a Time magazine “Hero of the Environment” and an invited expert reviewer of the next Assessment Report for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Trust and optimism operate hand in hand when it comes to addressing climate change. There was some good climate news in 2023.

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Crisis Media Review Survey 52

CO2

JUNE 24, 2013

For the Energy Leadership framework, the language is “I Lose” and the Think-Feel-Act model is Conflict-Anger-Defiance ( catabolic energy ). Even at Level Two, the individual can get things accomplished (defiance = “I will show you”) and they can be motivated, usually through fear, for short periods of time.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Short-term Long-term 111

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

These were coupled with Frederick Wilson Taylor’s popular scientific management theory that focused on financial compensation and the concept that workers’ motivation resulted from payment for volume-based repetitive task work. Adjusting for each person and engaging them from a more equitable position takes attention and sensitivity.

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Fayol Press Release Scientific Management Drucker 191

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

54% say low performers contribute to a lack of initiative and motivation, resulting in a work culture where mediocrity is accepted. Eagle Hill reports that replacing a mid-level employee – including hiring and training costs, in addition to lost revenue and lost productivity – can add up to 150% of that employee’s salary. “So

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Charan Attrition Morale Survey 229

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Leaders’ jobs aren’t to motivate and inspire and engage their employees, leaders’ jobs are to teach people better mental processes by which they can eliminate drama (emotional waste), upcycle that energy and that time, and help others step into the power they already have to create a better workplace.”

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Storytelling 256

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

Gallup – which has made it its business to track these kinds of numbers – reports that 51% of American employees are actively looking for a job. According to their latest report, the cost of employees who are either non-engaged or actively disengaged amounts to between $960 billion and $1.2 And yet we’re still screwing it up.

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CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

This causes team members to step on each other’s toes and question each other’s motives. Whether it’s a temporary ad-hoc team or a permanent, operational team, a team charter details the purpose of the team, the roles of team members, behavioral norms of how team members relate to each other, and how they’ll make decisions.

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Team Strategy Sports Banking 127

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

One recent report revealed that fewer than 40 percent of people have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and that many have no retirement savings at all. From companies that operate in the U.S. Lower Your Energy Bills. Consider investing in energy-efficient options instead. Set Small Goals at the Outset.

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Budgeting Energy Planning Goal 67

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2020

Loneliness Index: 47% of Americans report feeling alone or left out. When we over-rely on electronic communication such as email, we are unable to discern sincerity and hence we are uncertain of the other person’s motives. 47% of Americans report feeling alone or left out (Cigna US Loneliness Index, 2018). The Rise of Anxiety.

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How To Bond Positioning Stress 107

N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

The fourth aspect of the vernacular, Socius, is based on a unique discipline that examines the behaviors individuals bring to the job, the motivators that drive them, the acumen to understand how to do the job, and the individual’s ability and potential to provide the competencies required by the job. This is a descriptor about your purpose.

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Execution Objective Learning-by-Doing System 296

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Too many times you have leaders who came out of operations as big shots and become isolated and hear what the world is through 4 or 5 people who report to them.” Not only is it helpful, but it ’ s essential: I believe inspiration fuels our motivation and gives us that ‘extra oomph.’ He prefers to get see things first hand. “I

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Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 70

HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2019

Sixty percent of employees believe their managers excessively scrutinize work and constantly check in, according to a State of the American Workplace report. Creating an ownership culture demands employee motivation through trust, empowerment, and recognition, at least. One common explanation is the prevalence of micromanagement.

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Micromanagement Cost Resistance Bottom-up 89

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This behavior consumes your time, disturbs day-to-day operations, and alienates other team members. He’ll continue to tweak a report or project hours after someone else would have declared it complete. After all, it can cost your organization quite a bit if time and energy aren’t used wisely. Consider leaving a comment!

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Motivation Management How To Retail 51

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2016

But for this piece, I’d like to take a more broader view, using the microcosm the Olympic Games provide to examine what drives or motivates us to push ourselves to succeed. Reports then came out about how the news had not only hit Michelle hard, but that her entire team was deeply upset by the change in the lineup.

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Leadership Sports Learning-by-Doing Mission Statement 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. Tens of thousands of agile teams have operated for decades without much awareness — let alone active support — from CEOs. Tetra Images/Getty Images.

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Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

While the retail industry crisis has been well-reported, particularly with respect to dwindling foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. This asks that we operate with openness, clear communication and accountability. Motivate and compel them to provide it. Transparency Translates. Ask them for honest feedback.

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Crisis Strategy Brand Telemarketing 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

US News and World Report – One of America’s 25 Best Leaders. US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. President Dartmouth College.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teams require trust, and that’s built only through time spent together, solving problems, making decisions, and learning how everyone operates, sees the world, and shares information. This type of confusion wastes tons of precious time and energy. Do they report completion in a common area or software? Be specific.

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Consensus Commitment Information Learning-by-Doing 550

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who are highly motivated to be successful often put themselves last when it comes to down time, relaxation, exercise and living a healthy lifestyle. When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Energy levels are also affected.

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Learning-by-Doing Blog Class Open-book 185

The Practical Leader

MAY 4, 2022

The Star Wars website gives this definition, “The Force is a mysterious energy field created by life that binds the galaxy together.” ” This is a powerful analogy for the leadership and culture energy fields that bind teams and organizations together. But we really can’t motivate anyone.

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Herzberg Leadership Simon Motivation 64

Rajesh Setty

JUNE 13, 2013

There are fairy tale stories that get reported in the media about the glorious life of an entrepreneur. Do you leave other people energized or do you suck the energy out of them. We as human beings operate on stories – the ones that we tell, ones that we tell ourselves and the ones that we hear from others.

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Entrepreneur How To Brand Storytelling 55

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And massive amounts of time and energy are wasted as a result. The team appears to operate as a single organism on the court, with no ego on the floor that would prevent the most advantageous moves. Toward direct reports: Are my direct reports growing in their abilities? It’s not that anyone has ill intent.

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Organization Objective Learning-by-Doing Goal 209

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

across several industries, 99% reported working with at least one such person, and nearly half worked with at least four. Peers were the most frequent offenders (with 73% of respondents reporting at least one unaware peer), followed by direct reports (33%), bosses (32%), and clients (16%).

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Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Survey Tools 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

Our primary findings are reported here. In our inclusive innovators report we organized the SDGs into a pyramid to represent the types of prioritization necessary, where each layer of the pyramid represents SDGs that collectively support the end-state SDGs that form the apex of the pyramid.). Navigating the SDGs: Where to Begin?

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Development Company Innovation Goal 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

There are two basic kinds of energy in organizations. Instead it can create a panic, with all the obvious negative consequences — stressing people out and eventually draining an organization of the very energy leaders wanted to generate. It is basically running in circles with great energy. Remember: hearts and minds.

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Kotter Energy Execution Productivity 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Instead, we bring people into different contexts — removed from typical day-to-day company operations — that can serve as a metaphor for what customers experience and therefore jolt employees into a more empathetic stance. Take our work with Consumers Energy in Michigan.

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Energy Creativity Brainstorming Call Center 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. ” Improving risk management.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

We know, for example, that the more hours a day adults believe they use their strengths , the more likely they are to report having ample energy, feeling well-rested, being happy, smiling or laughing a lot, learning something interesting, and being treated with respect.

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Development Brand Performance Review Self-aware 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

If you’re the kind of boss who fails to make genuine connections with your direct reports, take heed: 91% of employees say communication issues can drag executives down, according to results from our new Interact /Harris Poll, which was conducted online with roughly 1,000 U.S. You and Your Team. Leading Teams. What do you think?

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Emotional Intelligence Energy Micromanagement Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The team was structured to operate like a startup, with a particular focus on user research, feedback, and a commitment to lean operations. ” In a competitive energy market, the Connected Home unit has now become a major differentiator and profit driver for the parent company, Centrica. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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P&L Agility Fashion Media 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It is what differentiates you from less motivated colleagues, yielding early recognition and promotions. Studies indicate that when we’re low on energy, we tend to misread those around us , typically in a more negative fashion. The more choices you face, the more critical it is for you to restock your energy.

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Long-term Short-term Career Fashion 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We had to put in a daycare center, a catering center, provide cash because there was no way for people to take money out of the bank, provide cars for people, especially reporters, to get around. We needed to adjust our plan to give room and seize the opportunities that had risen within housing, energy, and services.

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Media Company Call Center Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

An estimated 21% of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to companies, and yet to date there is scant research on how to make firm operations more efficient in terms of reducing pollution. For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit.

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Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

” Back then I was managing sizable projects like the company’s annual report, working with CEOs, CFOs, and the like, so I’d ask: “But doesn’t it make more sense not to judge my personality, but to judge results? ” When I moved backward she moved forward, with renewed energy and productivity.

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Stress Meyer Micromanagement Long-term 8