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Evidence | Unicorns | Bullshit: 3 Areas Of Team Building & Leadership Effectiveness

Mike Cardus

Within the team building and managerial leadership world there is so much information and Jargon Monoxide ( wish I came up with this phrase Bob Sutton shared what this means on his blog) that everyone feels overwhelmed. Organizational, Team and individual exploration for risks and drawbacks of what is recommended.

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The Five Levers of Employee Engagement Published

Mike Cardus

‘The Five Levers of Employee Engagement’ has been peer reviewed and published in the American Society for Quality ASQ Journal for Quality and Participation – July 2013. For the journal I added online only content that shares case-studies and implementation of each of the Five Levers of Employee Engagement : Competent Manager.

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Personality Tests are Useless (Most Of Them Anyway)

LDRLB

Or we think that we need a diversity of personality types on our team. Or companies use them for team building activities or conflict resolution because we think that if we could just understand the differences in personality between people then we would end up getting along better or working together as a team.

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Personality Tests are Useless (Most Of Them Anyway)

LDRLB

Or we think that we need a diversity of personality types on our team. Or companies use them for team building activities or conflict resolution because we think that if we could just understand the differences in personality between people then we would end up getting along better or working together as a team.

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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

Yet, according to the Association of Test Publishers, the Society for Human Resources, and the publisher of the Myers-Briggs, these assessments are still administered millions of times per year for personnel selection, executive coaching, team building and conflict resolution.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

There’s more on the less-than-positive end of things: There is still no peer-reviewed evidence suggesting a correlation between CEO physical fitness and firm value. And it’s unclear if a person’s athletic progress can do anything to mitigate the effects of short-termism (i.e.

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