Moving From Management to Leadership

Converting complexity to clarity may be the most critical competency to move us from management effectiveness to leadership excellence. More »

Influencing Employee Motivation

Kerry Patterson

For years, scholars have studied employee engagement. Are people eager to do their work, and if not, what will it take to get them excited? On average, corporate surveys report that over half of all employees don’t care too much about the company’s mission o... More »

THE JOB OF A MANAGER

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself: An old proverb that has its place, but that place is most certainly not in management.  Managers earn their way by helping others get things done well - leveraging their competence across a number of subordinates who c... More »

How Free Time Frees Innovation

Business books and management gurus have long sung the praises of giving employees free time to tinker on projects they initiate. The idea seems to have begun with 3M, who allowed employees to spend 15 percent for their workweek focused on projects that were unrelated t... More »

What engagement gear are you in?

Michael Brenner

In my last blog, I discussed the idea of workplace engagement and provided a definition.  I also suggested that discretionary effort – the difference between the minimum amount of care and effort required to avoid being terminated and the maximum amount of ca... More »