-
Archives
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
-
Meta
Tag Archives: culture
Organizational Effectiveness: Workplace Culture
Like other organizational characteristics, we talk a lot about workplace culture without having a clear definition of what it really is. It is something that we know it when we see it, but have a hard time identifying its length … Continue reading
Whatever It Is, I Didn’t Do It
I saw a bumper sticker yesterday on the back of a SUV that said “Whatever it is, I didn’t do it.” I laughed about it when I saw it and thought about how my kids begin any serious conversation by … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged accountability, blame, culture, leadership
Leave a comment
Lessons from the Cereal Box: Prize Inside
One of my childhood memories is anxiously waiting to open a new cereal box to find the prize inside. The cereal companies did a great job of combining a child’s natural desire to collect toys and fondness of sugar with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, recruitment, selection
Leave a comment
Fight or Flight
How many times have you met with an employee about an issue and the response has been other than what you hoped for? Sadly, the typical response to criticism in the workplace is tuning the speaker out, running away, or … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged communication, culture, feedback, leadership, personality
Leave a comment
The Truth is Deceptive
With the recently resolved US debt ceiling crisis, people have returned to talking about who owns America instead of will there be anything left to own. As the media returns its focuses to the Chinese ownership of US debt, it … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance, Uncategorized
Tagged culture, perceptions, performance, truth
Leave a comment
Disengagement: When It Seems All Wrong
Over the last several decades, engagement has become an accepted predictor of organizational success. Although increasingly leaders verbally confirm the importance of engagement, there is still considerable variation in understanding of what engagement encompasses, how it really works, and how … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Leadership, Organizations, Performance, Uncategorized
Tagged culture, disengagement, engagement, performance
Leave a comment
How Strong is Your Performance Culture?
Almost every organization talks, analyzes, and obsesses about performance. We live in an age where we perceive that everything can be improved, enhanced, or amplified in one manner or another. How many times have you bought the latest computer, flat … Continue reading
Posted in Development, HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, organizational culture, performance, productivity
Leave a comment
How Engaged Are We?
Most of us recognize that an engaged workforce is a productive workforce. However, as engagement has become the new “silver bullet” that empowerment was several decades ago, leaders as well as organizations are struggling to define, assess, diagnosis, and improve … Continue reading
Posted in Development, HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, engagement, performance
1 Comment
Measuring Engagement
Recently I was asked about what is the best approach to determining what employees feel and think. The client had conducted satisfaction surveys for a few years and found that most employees possessed an average level of ambivalence toward most … Continue reading
Posted in Development, HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, engagement, job
2 Comments
Mood Magic: Dispelling the Grumpiness
This morning I started a focus group with a group of employees that looked unhappier than the average worker on Monday morning when the weather is nice outside. All but one employee had the facial expression and body language of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, moods, morale, productivity
Leave a comment