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Spend 90% of your employee engagement budget getting your selection process right.
Convince every leader in your company that the biggest waste in the organization occurs anytime a disengaged employee receives a paycheck.
Thank you, Lisa -- where can I learn more about your work?
Brian, thanks for the nice summary. I am linking to your post on my Tuesday Management Craft post.
Today's Washington Post details the results of a recent survey of federal workplaces. I love the title of the article -- "Money's Nice, But a Good Boss is Better." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051903621.htm...
Thanks Nick. Greatness is all around us. Fortunately there are leaders like you who can spot it and cultivate it.
Nice post Brian. The "experts" don't always know what they are doing, do they? A lot of times they just rely on other "experts." The selection criteria are incredibly subjective. It can be tough for the "irrelevant" to overcome the false hype, but...
Watch out for "Mr. Irrevant!" http://theblogofbrianjones.blogspot.com/
The first thing to do is to be sure the layoff is handled correctly. If it is not, restoring trust may not be possible, or will at least be very difficult. Patrick Lencioni had a great article about this in the WSJ:
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- At 2:10pm on March 19, 2009,
David Zinger said… - Brian,
Good to have you "at the table" with employee engagement. I appreciate the depth and breadth of your experience. I hope to learn more about you and from you as you participate in the network. Thanks for joining and let me know if I can be of assistance.
David
Profile Information
- Who are you?
- Best known as the former senior consultant with the Leadership Institute, Brian Jones has over fifteen years experience helping organizations achieve real results in the areas of organizational and leadership development. Brian began his career with First Data Corporation as Staff Development Specialist. He then accepted the position of Director of People Development for Baptist Health Care, in Pensacola, Florida. Brian was instrumental in that organization’s recognition as Training magazine’s “Top 100 Training Organizations in America” for five consecutive years and Fortune magazine’s “Best Places to Work in America” for four consecutive years. Brian also demonstrated expertise in the areas of succession planning and was a principal creator of the succession planning tools used at Baptist Health Care. These were key in Baptist Hospital, Inc. being awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2003, only the second hospital ever to achieve the award.
Brian’s expertise and consulting became so demanded by other organizations that in 2003, he joined the Leadership Institute full-time and traveled the world delivering outcomes-based consulting to companies and senior leadership teams.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I help executive teams and intact work groups get better results using the principles found in "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team."
- Where are you located?
- Gulf Breeze, FL
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Money's Nice, But a Good Boss Is Better
Today's Washington Post details the results of a recent survey of federal workplaces. I love the title of the article -- "Money's Nice, But a Good Boss is Better." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051903621.html
Of course, some federal departments in the employee survey fared better than others. Here's what the article has to say about the difference between the departments with high morale and those where employees are miserable:
"What separates these agen… Continue
Of course, some federal departments in the employee survey fared better than others. Here's what the article has to say about the difference between the departments with high morale and those where employees are miserable:
"What separates these agen… Continue
Posted on May 21, 2009 at 9:28am — 2 Comments
An Employee Engagement Lesson from the NFL Draft
Watch out for "Mr. Irrelevant!" At my blog below, I find that there is a lot to learn from the NFL draft about finding greatness where we least expect it.
Posted on May 1, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
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