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After the employee survey then what? December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

This article is based on a question posted in the LinkedIn Employee Engagement group by Hugh Tonks.

After reading his profile I realize he probably has much better ideas about implementation than I do but since I already put the work into writing this I will share it anyway.

Assuming you have discovered some pockets of perfection here are some ideas for spreading peak performance to other “Less lustrous” layers.

Be prepared to be transparent in your own opinions and intensely interested in...

# 1 factor in millennial job selection December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Astonishing Service, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work No comments

People and culture fit are the #1 factors in choosing what company to work for according to a survey of 15,000 Millennials reported in How Companies Can Attract the Best College Talent by Sanjeev Agrawal. The View From Behind the Workplace Flexibility Curve echoed that sentiment with the admonition that culture includes the ability to work when and where they are most productive.

If Millennials can’t find flexibility in your workplace
they will find it or build it themselves.

Allow employe...

The Real Cost of Leadership Lost December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Astonishing Service, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Peer Powered Performance No comments

There have been a gazillion articles, studies, examples and illustrations but none seem to so succinctly cover a few of the more poignant priorities. If I am to honestly take stock of my twenty plus years as a manager I was, based on today’s standards, particularly pathetic. That is not to say that I was all that sharp at the time but my point is that we live in an entirely different culture...

Historic Wonder & Organizational Blunder December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Social Smarts, Spirit at Work No comments

top down authority incompatible with engagement

If I were a physician I would prescribe a sedative for the hierarchically inclined before reading Gary Hamel’s prelude to Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology starting a week from now in NY.

Gary’s insightful article attacks the spurious half-steps of incremental improvement characterizing current bureaucracies as breeding grounds for “sycophants” perpetuating the past while discouraging innovation and experimentation...

What is Peer Powered Performance? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work No comments

Many people have inquired as to the purpose of our new Peer Powered Performance™ LinkedIn group. In short we wanted to create a place dedicated to those interested in exploring any combination of systems that help to establish:

All-inclusive
Non-coercive
Totally-transparent
Collaborative communities

Peer Powered Performance™ is based on the belief that organizations of all kinds, for-profit and non-profit alike are far more effective and innovative when they are designed for the...