Do you manage to success? You can!

March 1st, 2010

Manager → Management Style → Engagement → Success

The above sequence pretty much says it all. And more often than not business owners look at that sequence on the back of my business card and nod their heads. Sometimes they even say, “That’s what every business needs to remember.”

Then they focus on what they hope will contribute to success but which too often has nothing to do with managers, their style, or employee engagement.

Here’s the case made simple:

Success comes from employee [...]

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Where employee engagement is not taken weakly…

January 8th, 2009

Talking to someone (as I always am) at church a few weeks ago, I got around to asking what turned him on about the company he works for. He didn't use the words, but his answer translated as "Engagement. Everyone's engaged in what we do."

My friend works for David Weekley Homes and when I accessed their website, here's what I read:

The first thing a David Weekley Team Member learns is that this isn’t really about building homes. [...]

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And the Winner Is……Culture!

July 22nd, 2008

The Harvard Management Update (1/2008) published a review of Bain & Company’s survey of 1900 global executives. The article, Creating and Sustaining a Winning Culture, focused on the relevance of a (strong) business culture to success.

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