It’s a simple question – what is the difference between leading and managing? While many of us can explain the difference between the two, the fact remains that many of us go about daily behaviour simply managing, without making the…
It’s a simple question – what is the difference between leading and managing? While many of us can explain the difference between the two, the fact remains that many of us go about daily behaviour simply managing, without making the…
It is not uncommon in today’s business culture, to find organizations where someone is in charge of engagement as though you could assign it or delegate it. A culture of engagement is nothing more than the total sum of each…
As we recap the 4 Step Process for an energized workforce outlined in my previous posts it becomes clear that leaders of the future will have to do far more ‘inside’ work than was required of their predecessors. Step 1…
When we accept that in today’s economy, all organizations are quickly becoming knowledge-based organizations (if they’re not already) made up predominantly of educated employees who are often professionals in their own right; And when we accept that the nature itself…
One of the most detrimental beliefs in today’s business world is that a stress-free work environment will result in happy workers. But is that true? In fact, is that even realistic? The global workforce has changed employment patterns in all…
In the 2012 Global Workforce Study by Towers Watson it was revealed that “engagement, as traditionally defined, is not sufficient to give employers the sustained performance lift they need – or keep employees doing their work effectively in today’s pressured…
The ultimate goal of human existence is to live a joyful and abundant life. Everyone strives for that existence – whether they know it or not. When we consider that we spend a great part of our waking hours at…
We live in a time of great excitement as we watch the world we grew up in literally changing before our eyes. This is the first time in history that we are able to watch the evolution of society as…
In to today’s era of ‘Connection’ time management ideas and skills of the past are obsolete. The saying that “Time can’t be managed – it just is” has never been more true … and in today’s age of digital convergence…
The greatest single threat to the future of organizations as we know them today is the inability of leadership to energize its workforce for sustainable satisfaction and engagement. According to The Conference Board of Canada employee engagement scores have remained…