Tag Archive from: enegagement
Five Filters That Kill Personal Change
Successful people take more risks, they usually have had more failures than others and most of them are used to the experience of fear. The biological point of fear is to take action. Only a small percentage of us have been properly trained in how to respond to fear in […]
This Book is Cooked!
13% global work engagement isn’t a business problem, it is a tragedy that impacts our families, our customers and virtually every aspect of our lives. The vast majority of employee engagement initiatives produce mediocre results or fail altogether. In 2008, we began working with University of Southern California […]
The Great Sales Disconnect – Why some people don’t even sell themselves
There is a huge disconnect between what constitutes old and new sales techniques. Drawing healthy and effective attention to ourselves is one of the most crucial skills of thriving in the modern world. It is more of a skill library than one single ability and it includes being able […]
Is Generational Differences a Racket?
Every decade or so, a new marketing phenomenon hits the talent development field. I promote any idea that produces learning and growth. However, generational differences, in my mind, is becoming foolishness. In many cases, it supports rather than dismantles bias. It is often manipulative and confusing. Yesterday, a very […]
Why Active Learners Own Our Future
We used to derive our security from a job. Today we find our security from growth. If that’s true (and it is), consider what a vast change in consciousness and outlook this represents for most of us. In finishing my book The Workplace Engagement Solution (Career Press), I have […]
When Human Resources Ought to Keep Their Bags Packed
Pretty scary title? Well, this story can have an even more uncomfortable outcome. There is a pattern that goes on all of the time between CEOs and the Chief Human Resource Officers. I’ve encountered the pattern in my work with a sizable number of chief human resource executives as individual […]
The Shockingly Untapped Resource of Social Networking
How many people assume the world’s most innovative companies invent most of their technology in house? Far more innovation is found by individuals going out into the world and finding breakthroughs which they bring back. Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb. He networked and found the incandescent bulb that […]
The Shocking Truth About “Disunited” Airlines
In 2015, a sizeable group of past and current United Airlines employees signed a petition filed by change.org demanding the resignation of United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek. It called Smisek out for cutting costs at the expense of services and taking steps that damage retirees – all actions the group […]
The Wake Up Call
Half of our country is waking up in a state of anger and bitterness. The other half elected a new President out of anger and bitterness. Moving beyond this unsettling irony requires that we look that anger directly in the eye and determine how we got here. And, if we […]
Growing Old Disgracfully
A few days ago, someone a few years younger than I blamed ageism for his unemployment. I responded quite strongly, “Well of course you’re not getting a job because you are carrying around that energy.” Resignation is about giving up and it is usually driven by the notion […]