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Here’s the Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Lead from Within

There is growing evidence to suggest that positive work cultures are more productive than negative ones. In fact, research shows that employees who feel positive about their work environment are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and productive. Therefore, it is important to include happiness in any business culture.

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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

The equation also applies to our individual capacity for positive influence (+influence). It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.”

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15 Attributes of Positively Energizing Leaders

Leading Blog

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. In fact, it is about those attributes that energize us and help us to deal with reality in a productive way. It is real, and we naturally respond positively to them—the heliotropic effect.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management. and France.

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How to Host Better, More Focused and Productive Executive Visits

Let's Grow Leaders

Reduce “Zoo Fatigue”: Take Control of Executive Visits “Hi Karin, I’m a manager of our flagship location. How can I make these visits more productive?” ” This is a great time to recognize employees by giving them some positive executive exposure. Which is pretty cool. Your turn.

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How Our Current Office Shock Can Lead to a Climate-Positive “Officeverse”

Leading Blog

Offices and officing could be an important catalyst for positive climate choices. During COVID-19 shutdowns a lot of productive office work got done without offices. And that can be an opportunity for climate-positive officing. A sustainable future requires making choices today to make a climate-positive impact.

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RIP: Retired in Position

Lead Change Blog

“Retired in position” refers to an unengaged employee, a term which I first heard used by Ken Blanchard. Adding insult to injury, 52 percent of those workers are sleepwalking through their day or retired in position. It is quite the conundrum to challenge an employee in a position where there are no longer challenging opportunities.