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Why Disengagement is Our #1 Culture Problem
According to Gallup’s latest engagement survey, 87% of the world’s workers, to varying degrees are disengaged. With numbers like this, how do we get anything done? Well, we do it in a trance. These figures represent more than a business problem, they are tragic. Here’s why: The great […]
Our Uncivil War
The daily dose of vulgarity continues to distract our country from very real solutions. We stand at one of those fundamental turning points in how people live and work. There are quite a few casualties but the biggest seems to be casualty of thought. For years, employment and […]
HER
I’m waiting to board the plane back to LA and working on our new book that will help families prepare their children for the future of work. In a world where the average college graduate will change careers four to six times, everything in how we engage with our children […]
Break Out of the Frenzy Trap
Frenzy is part of the trap against leading engaged, happy, and fulfilled lives. Between increased workloads and constant access, we’re too busy to really connect, talk, take care of ourselves, reach out to others in meaningful ways, listen intently, pay attention to our peers, smile to our customers (and mean […]
Ageism? The disgrace of generational generalism.
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 giving up and it is usually driven by the notion we are not […]
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 my upcoming book The Workplace Engagement Solution (Career Press), I have […]
Inspired Work’s First Annual Disengaged Employee of the Year Award
We were going to wait until the end of the year to take nominations for “Disengaged Employee of the Year Award” but after careful consideration, Sean has set a bar so thoroughly in the winning position, we are throwing in our chips today. Please, please, please, this is not a […]
What is an Engagement CEO?
According to Gallup, only 13% of the world’s workers are engaged. How are we getting anything done? Well, we are doing it in a trance. Many of my readers were taken with the shocking levels of disengagement behind the debacle at United Airlines. But, the only thing I have learned […]
The Shocking Back Story Behind Yesterday’s Debacle at United Airlines
Yesterday’s shocking customer service blunder at United Airlines was yet another example of an employee culture so disengaged that we end up dragging a semi-conscious passenger in front of the world. The UA “culture” treats its own employees so badly that incidents like this happen routinely. This morning, I spoke […]
Burn All the Boats – One Working Parent’s Journey to Freedom
Recently, I have been sharing stories about sole breadwinners. They are masters of responsibility for many of America’s families. But, they often set aside their own career development in the fear that one wrong move will spell failure in meeting the needs of their children’s day-to-day well-being as well as […]