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I just got finished reading & reviewing (Amazon) "Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn't Work & Other Surprising Lessons from the Latest Brain Science" (Charles Jacobs). It's an excellent (5 star) book, and not surprisingly, alligns with Paul He...
Typo alert: That's Ross Reck, not "Peck", who wrote "Instant Turnaround!"
I''ve read & reviewed (Amazon) 3 great books that really are home runs on employee engagement:
"The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent & Accelerate Performance" (Adrian Gostick)
"Thank G...
Paul, I'm your biggest American fan...That guy in Mexico sounds like he was mucho excitisimo por favor mas grande primo d'ella hoy! managementia. Si.* I was just thinking about those radio guys back east...Maybe they'd like a copy of my book befor...
If you haven't read Paul Herr's "Primal Management", I highly recommend it. Essentially, it's the perfect tool for CEOs to use in maximzing employee morale, which of course, maximizes productivity. The Horsepower Metric was developed for companies...
This group is for anyone who want to talk about books on engagement, work, leadership or management. You can recommend a book, ask others about a book, or join in a discussion about a book.
I don't think any officially mandated culling policy is a good idea at all. See the above reasons. If managers give timely and accurate performance appraisals on under-achieving employees, chances are, they'll see the handwriting on the wall (as w...
Unfortunately, this type of behavior is almost considered the norm in today's work environment; sad but true. You've got to wonder why this guy's manager hasn't bothered to address the issue directly with the unhappy employee. One way or another, ...
By this time, after reading all the comments from the previous folks, there's little I can add to your "checklist of things to do" for your friend. The biggest priority, as I see it would be for this man to get out and mingle with the troops. If h...
I'm a recent member, thanks to my brief association with Paul Herr, author of "Primal Management", a book which delivers the tools to fix the failing management structure of Corporate America, by focusing on what really drives employee motivation;...
I just joined this group, which hopefully has a lot of people who like irreverent humor, especially on subject matter pertaining to Corporate America, since they are what they are...a bunch of corporate hierarchies filled with pompous bureaucrats ...
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- Who are you?
- Author, "Life Under the Corporate Microscope", artist, musician, retired executive, corporate cynic & government watchdog. Frequent blogger, covering business & management related subject matter, or whatever else seems pertinent at the time. http://bit.ly/U0TM1
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- After spending 26 years with Enterprise Rent-a-Car, I witnessed the transformation of a once fun-loving company with highly motivated employees, into a humorless corporate hierarchy with a "fear based" culture of management throughout its organization.
- Where are you located?
- Scottsdale, AZ
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"Primal Management" by Paul Herr
I'm a recent member, thanks to my brief association with Paul Herr, author of "Primal Management", a book which delivers the tools to fix the failing management structure of Corporate America, by focusing on what really drives employee motivation; and ultimately a company's success.
Hopefully, everyone in this network is familiar with his work. Suffice to say, it's a book which should be ingrained in our business culture, the sooner the better. We're witnessing one of the worst economic periods… Continue
Hopefully, everyone in this network is familiar with his work. Suffice to say, it's a book which should be ingrained in our business culture, the sooner the better. We're witnessing one of the worst economic periods… Continue
Posted on April 12, 2009 at 9:04am —
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- At 12:43pm on April 10, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- Larry,
What a rich experience you have. I look forward to your interaction and involvement in the network. Let me know if I can be of assistance.
David
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I summarized some high-level thought leadership from firms such as DDI, McKinsey, Towers Perrin, and Hewitt in my latest blog post. These are all papers from the last several months discussing engagement: bit.ly/3a4uft
I know that Towers Perrin a...
Thanks a lot for your help !
I actually did have a look on Gallup's 12 Questions, the only worry is that it measures more the enablers of employee engagement than employee engagement itself. I have however grouped the items into themes, and only o...
Not sure if this is the same as the one mentioned but Gallup has 12 Questions that they use.
http://www.workforce.com/section/09/article/23/53/40.html
Hi Maggie,
Acually we have a training module for this exact circumstance. We call it cynics, victims and bystanders it is part of The Conversations Workshop. We wrote a book last year called Authentic Conversations which has a great deal to say ab...
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