The SCARF model for understanding culture: Part 1
July 16, 2013
Do employees always react to company news in the way you expect? If you have been a CEO or even…
Employee engagement
5 Responsibilities of a CEO: Build the Culture
June 25, 2013
I’ve recently discussed how CEOs need to own the vision and provide the proper resources. Another key responsibility is to…
Can’t buy employee motivation (Infographic)
May 2, 2013
Here is an interesting infographic Salesforce.com published on its blog about How to Motivate Your Employees, with the main message that money is not the top motivator. This is a topic I’ll keep covering along with employee engagement, because they are integral to ensuring high performance in companies. Late last year I discussed Daniel Pink’s outstanding TED presentation on The Puzzle of Motivation, which goes into more detail about how intrinsic motivators are more effective than extrinsic ones. I highly recommend his book also: Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
CEOs: Employee engagement matters
April 8, 2013
This infographic from CEO.com is a good depiction of why employee engagement matters. It is essential in driving a high-performance culture. In doing research for my book, I too have found that the more creative and intellectually challenging the work, the more employee engagement predicts performance in the work place. If your business depends more upon the intellect of your workers than their brawn, you will want to focus on employee engagement to maximize productivity. I’ll be writing more about this in upcoming posts.
