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Small is the New Big at Work

March 29, 2010
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My new Facebook buddy, Anthony McCann recently shared an article from TimesOnline.com, titled, “Small is Beautiful in the New Capitalism.“  Now, granted the article is about small business and entrepreneurs, but I think larger corporations can learn something from it too. “If I’m going to produce something, it should do something really good,” says fashion [...]

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Q&A Continues – 2010 – Best Year Ever??

January 7, 2010
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My good buddy and fellow freak flag flier, Joe Gerstandt, and I occasionally exchange Q and A posts.  We embarked on this as an experiment and I will claim this as one of the most successful for 2009. Joe has a list on his site titled: Big Brains, Fat Hearts and Warm Souls – and [...]

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Prevent ‘EE Exodus: Make It Make Sense to Them

September 30, 2009
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I saw a intriguing phrase recently in regard to employees’ state of mind: “turnover intention”  A Deloitte report describes this as, “an employee’s “conscious and deliberate willfulness to leave the organization” within a certain time interval, e.g., the next six months” (Tett and Meyer, 1993). You know that I think it is important to never take [...]

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Employee Engagement – For the Win!

September 10, 2009
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I find it interesting when I am asked to back up my claim that employee engagement actually supports productivity and profitability. There has been plenty of evidence available on this for at least 30 years, and darned it if Gallup didn’t produce some more recently. (Thank you Gallup!)  Their study parses apart the differences between [...]

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Welcome to ReImagining Work Relationships(tm)

May 7, 2009
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My whole thing is about Human beings at work. You will see me capitalize the word “Human” because I want to emphasize it every chance I get. I am passionate about reminding managers, employees, business owners, HR professionals and executives that “these are Human beings working here,” so Would you like to get goodies or [...]

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Treating Each Other More Humanly at Work – What I Don’t Mean

February 10, 2009
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I find that when I talk to people about this idea of treating each other more humanly at work, that I have to talk as much about what it isn’t as about what it is. So, let me be clear, I am not talking about: Treating People at Work Like Family. Ever see the cartoon [...]

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