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Socializing at Work Increases Productivity

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Employee Engagement is a critical factor in getting maximum performance.  I’ve pointed to this before and the work Gallup has down developing their Q12 [12 questions from the book First Break All the Rules that gauge engagement in the workforce] and how Best Buy uses these questions for their Core Score.  You can read more on how just a 2% increase in employee engagement at Best Buy resulted in an additional $70 million in profitability here

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Topics: employee performance, productivity, stress, Key Metrics

Concentration - A Key Discipline

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Sep 5, 2008

How much time during your business day are you truly concentrating on your work? During the day, the average person is interrupted once every 11 minutes. It’s been estimated that it takes the human mind approximately 25 minutes to get up to speed on anything.

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Topics: stress

Stress Lessons from Apollo 13

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sat, Jul 12, 2008

Having just returned from two weeks of vacation and having read the book Stress for Success by Jim Loehr [he co-authored The Power of Full Engagement with Tony Schwartz, a book I highly recommend], I can tell you I learned first hand the value of having too much relaxation as opposed to too much stress.

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Topics: stress

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