Giving the manager more to do?

March 4th, 2010

I know, managers already have more than plenty to do! But it’s a sure bet that these 3 management actions boost engagement by employees. And it’s a fact that engaged employees need less management hand-holding. So, consider

Planning communication. The more often and the more ways a manager talks to an employee, the more opportunities the employees has to feel meaningful, valuable, and appreciated. That means more reasons the [...]

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Who says you’re no Google?!

January 22nd, 2010

GoogleFast Company recently reports about Google’s positive financial results in 2009. The primary “good news” figure is Google’s 4Q09 growth in gross revenue of 17% year over year.

Here’s what catches my eye: Google’s Traffic Acquisition Costs. This means that the portion of revenues Google shares with “partners”. That means the money spent having “partners” send traffic to Google. And that figure totaled [...]

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This Week’s C.O.R.E.

April 10th, 2009

Value to the C.O.R.E.

I had great fun assembling this week's four C.O.R.E. ideas.

Here are my wrap-up thoughts:

Figures
prove that about 1/4 of an employee population actively engages in the
work to be performed and the situation in which to perform.

Interviews and surveys demonstrate that the primary stimulus for engagement–esp. for those employees who do not come to the table ready to engage–is the manager and her/his interaction with the employee.

My C.O.R.E. concept is that four [...]

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