Strategic Discipline Blog

How many of you wish your employees would act like owners?

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Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, How to Motivate Employees, Scaling Up Verne Harnish, Great Game of Business, Employee Ownership, Employee Learning, Metronomics

Office communication can be improved in several ways. I just returned from a Quarterly Planning Meeting where we took a full day to work through Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The team enjoyed it, felt closer, set rules for conflicts, and built a theme to improve accountability! Odessa Powell contributed this article while I’m on vacation, sharing additional ideas on how to improve team communication.

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, employee performance, Better communication, Employee Wellbeing, Great Teams

I played and officiated basketball. Somewhere I heard, “Basketball is a game of momentum.”

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Topics: employee engagement, People, Extraordinary Results, People and Process, Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results

I am grateful this week of Thanksgiving for Katie Brenneman, guest writer, who provides insights into why you should invest in your leadership skills to improve your team's level of job satisfaction:

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, Effective Leadership, Employee Satisfaction, Mental Health, Leadership Skills

If the great resignation or turnover crisis is a cultural crisis for businesses, then understanding your WHY/Core Purpose is critical to prevent it from disrupting you.  

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Topics: employee engagement, Core Purpose, Employee retention, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Simon Sinek, Why Employees Leave

COVID, and the increase in working from home dramatically changed how to deal with our employees. Regina Wheeler, an e-learning consultant for Academic Brits, shares ideas to help your team love their work whether it’s for returning to your office or working from home.

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Topics: employee engagement, Employee Recognition, Work Environment, Employee Satisfaction, Employee Wellbeing, Remote Workers, Worker Performance

You’re leading your business through an unprecedented time in history and our world economy.

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Topics: employee engagement, Q12, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey, Employee Wellbeing, Coronavirus

I grew up in Wisconsin watching the Green Bay Packers achieve dynasty status in the early 1960’s. 

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Topics: employee engagement, Employee Recognition, employee performance, customer and employee feedback

Most employee engagement programs haven’t worked.

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Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, manager, Managment Systems, Boss vs. Coach

The job environment is changing

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Topics: employee engagement, Employee Recognition, employee performance, Employee Survey, Employee Satisfaction, Why Employees Leave