Want productivity: Get People in the Game

 

Participation = Involvement = Empowerment = Engagement

 

Recently Gallup, the master pollsters, released a two-page study of 1.5 million employees asking: How has the economic downturn affected the use of engagement in the workplace?  The striking results are shown in a simple graph.  It works.

To develop engaged employees, understand and use the four types of organizational decision making:

• Authoritarian
• Authoritative
• Consultative
• Consensual

For a more in-depth discussion of how, go to: Want productivity? Get people involved.

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Turn Bad Stress Into Good

Recently the WSJ had an interesting article on bad to good stress.  Here are the 9 Qs:

 

1. I have control over how and when I work.
2. I receive support and encouragement from my boss and co-workers.
3. My work lends purpose and meaning to my life.
4. Stress can help me learn and grow.
5. I often perform better under stress.
6. My job makes me feel hopeful about the future.
7. Stress can be healthy and energizing.
8. My boss doesn’t try to micromanage me or my work.
9. I am treated fairly and without prejudice at work.

For how to score and more go to on.wsj.com/16aye9t

 

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Another Small Kindness

 

Here is a six minute video that will give you a chuckle and a pick-me-up.  He calls it local leadership.  I prefer the term small kindness. For more about the impact of small kindnesses go to kindness.  Have a look and a lift.

 

 

 

How a little thing can change peoples’ lives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZXC59EI7Zo

 

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Deadlines

 

The Sunday New York Times continues its streak of excellent self-development articles with Need Motivation? Declare a Deadline.  The article also introduces a book, Predictably Irrational:  The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely.  He seems to be making himself an expert on irrational behavior with five books on the topic  The first couple reviews on amazon are worth your time.

 

 

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Big Data meets H.R.

There is a lot coming out about “big data.” These are situations where statistics are used to data-mine huge databases, often collected online.  Last Sunday’s New York Times has an interesting article on this topic.  Two of the intriguing findings as a pump primer: 1.Bosses really  do matter and 2. The first example I have ever seen of an honesty test that cannot be falsified.  Check it out.

 

 

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Mentors and Sponsors

By now most of you have become familiar with Sheryl Sandberg’s comments about the need for to women to “Lean In” to become corporate executives.  The video on TED is well worth the 16 minute investment.  The reviews of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead at Amazon are fascinating (please don’t’ bother to read all 200+).

 

Her comments and book have raised an interesting issue:  the difference between mentors and sponsors.  The New York Times recently had an interesting article on this topic.  It’s a good read – food for thought.

 

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10,000 Hours

 

Some time ago I wrote a blog entitled The 10,000 Hour Rule

with a link to Malcolm Gladwell’s  book Outliers.

Recently a colleague sent me a brief article in a blog that speaks eloquently to the 10,000 hours needed to attain proficiency/competence in an endeavor.  Remember there are 2,080 hours in a work year – so get busy!

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