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Focus on profits vs. focus on people

I'm with you Sam, people don't care about the big financial goals, and that is the issue. If your strategy is comprised solely of big financial goals, then you don't have a strategy, you have a list…

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Replied Dec. 23, 2009

Focus on profits vs. focus on people

Agreed David. The more that "engagement" can be defined, the more likely it can be fused with strategies.

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Focus on profits vs. focus on people

There is a huge difference between having a strong strategic direction and command and control Ben. In fact, if a firm has a well defined strategic direction, employees are freer to make day to day d…

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Replied Dec. 20, 2009

Focus on profits vs. focus on people
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Article in HBR, http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/12/why-profit- discussing the need to attend to stakeholder needs as a faster way to financial performance than actually focussing on profits. I th…

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Started this discussion. Last reply by David Zinger Dec. 23, 2009.

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engage employees by letting them volunteer, from HBR http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/managementtip.php?date=122409 Dec. 24, 2009

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engage employees by letting them volunteer, from HBR http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/managementtip.php?date=122409

December 24, 2009

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December 24, 2009

David Zinger replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

Keith: Saw the twitter update and pulled me back here. I am enjoying the discussion. We need to focus on profits and people. The focus on either one at the expense of the other is a recipe for failure in some way. I liked Sam's comments about ca…

December 23, 2009

Keith Bossey replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

December 23, 2009

Sam Deeks replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

I think engagement never doesn't work ;-) Strategy or no strategy. The article in HBR says "if a CEO’s primary focus is on profit maximization, employees develop negative feelings toward the organization" We see this everywhere in our work - I mea…

December 23, 2009

Keith Bossey replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

Agreed David. The more that "engagement" can be defined, the more likely it can be fused with strategies.

December 20, 2009

Keith Bossey replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

December 20, 2009

Ben Simonton replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

Weak gruel. Strategy and vision are vestiges of a top-down command and control approach to managing people, indicators of widespread disengagement. True engagement is worth over 300% per person in productivity as compared to what top-down creates a…

December 20, 2009

David Zinger replied to Keith Bossey's discussion 'Focus on profits vs. focus on people'

Well said Keith: Engagement should never be a soft skill. It is a fluid skill to ensure the fixed skills are moving us to our strategic results. I think we will see quite a fusion of this in the coming decade and I am optimistic that engagement wil…

December 20, 2009

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Focus on profits vs. focus on people

Article in HBR, http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/12/why-profit-shouldnt-be-your-top-goal/ar/1, discussing the need to attend to stakeholder needs as a faster way to financial performance than actually focussing on profits. I think engagement only…

December 16, 2009

Good consultants are a mirror http://www.bossey.com/?p=458

October 29, 2009

Do knowledge businesses need to blow up their biz model? http://www.bossey.com/?p=431

October 24, 2009

Are you leading or managing? http://www.bossey.com/?p=414

October 20, 2009

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October 17, 2009

New blog post. Sustainable competitive advantage = people. http://www.bossey.com/?p=394

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October 15, 2009

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Who are you?

I work with companies to re-energize their growth drivers. Strong management teams look to not only find like minded investors, and create loyal customers, but they must fully engage employees to round out the picture.

What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?

Employees are one of three primary stakeholder relationships that are critical to business success (investors and customers are the others).

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Where are you located?

New York City

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Before you start engaging an employee, know him and respect him as an individual first and engagement will follow.

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Listen! Zip your mouth. Don't interrupt them when they are opening up to you and expressing there feelings. Remember, its about them not you!

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How often should engagement be measured?

I'd appreciate hearing from others on best practices regarding the frequency of employee engagement surveys. I've seen lots of debates on what is the best interval to use for regular measurement and it wouuld help if you could share how often you do…

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