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A checklist that is titled Involuntary. Underneath poor performance is checked. Under that laid off is not checked.

Tip #1054: Stop Blaming Employees for Poor Performance

Poor Performance This was a real example of poor performance! A female employee of a metro company was acting out, yelling at customers, and slamming

November 26, 2024

Respect is written with the letters in different colors, fonts, and sizes. It is tacked onto a bulletin board with red and green tacks. It is the 13th key element of employee engagement.

Tip #1053: Elements of Employee Engagement: The Final Four

What are the missing elements of employee engagement in your employee engagement strategy? Gallup’s research recently expanded to include four additional elements that complete the

November 19, 2024

Three thumbs up, one black male employee, one white female employee, and one white male employee.Human connections drive engagement.

Tip #1051: Human Connections that Drive Engagement

Human connections that drive engagement are the secret to reducing safety incidents by 46% and absenteeism by 41%. It’s all about creating meaningful workplace relationships.

November 5, 2024

Black male employee sitting and reading a tablet. It is the first key engagement element that drives employee engagement and business success.

Tip #1050: Key Engagement Elements that Drive Employee Engagement and Business Success

Gallup has identified key engagement elements that drive employee engagement and business success through an extensive study of over 3.3 million workers across 100,000+ teams,.

October 29, 2024

Four post-it notes, a green post-it says Empower, a yellow post-it says Enhance, a red post-it says Engage and an orange post-it says Enable.

Tip #1039: Employee Engagement Programs Aren’t Enough

Even though most of their companies have employee engagement programs, Gallup’s annual engagement survey shows that an average of 68% of employees are not engaged.

August 13, 2024

Young white female manager in black jacket and white blouse is sitting at her desk with her head in her hand looking confused as she reads a document.

Tip #1031: Are Your Managers Uncomfortable in Their Role?

I was teaching a class on supervisory skills to newly promoted managers. After hearing about the responsibilities inherent in the position, one manager came to

June 18, 2024

Male boss with arm raised explaining to female employee seated across from him at a desk

Tip #1028: Three Steps to Stop Upward Delegation

“Resist reverse or upward delegation. Don’t let others hand the job back to you.”Brian Tracy Upward delegation can take up a lot of a manager’s

May 28, 2024

Tip #994: Stop Talking Yourself Out of Delegating!

Supervisors and managers frequently talk themselves out of delegating, when, in truth, complete or partial delegation is possible. Below are typical reasons why delegation doesn’t

September 19, 2023

Tip #993: Why Employees Don’t Perform- and What to Do About It- Part Two

In Part One, we considered whether there were system barriers (Step #1) or circumstances beyond the employee’s control (Step #2) that interfered with the employee’s

September 12, 2023

Tip #876: Four Steps to Learning Maturity

“To be successful in a knowledge economy, firms need to create learning organizations.” Don Tapscott There is a lot of discussion about the need for

June 7, 2021

Participant engagement is missing in this picture of three students who look bored and distracted.

Tip #874: How to Establish Participant Engagement

It doesn’t matter if you are conducting a meeting or facilitating a workshop that is face to face or virtual. Its success depends upon participant

May 24, 2021

Tip #873: Soft Skills are Hard!

“Let’s call them real skills, not soft.” Seth Godin I’m tired of the false distinctions that are often made between soft skills and hard skills.

May 17, 2021

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