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I just saw a headline called How Coronavirus Gripped the World.  I didn’t read it because I have a strong personal belief about how and why this is happening.  And, it’s the same reason why employee engagement numbers are still

Jack Welch passed away last week.  During his 20-year tenure as chairman and CEO of General Electric, Welch led a huge increase in market cap.  The year before Welch became CEO, GE posted about $27 billion in revenue. In his last full year as

Gallup recently reported new employee engagement data, which shows that 35% of U.S. employees are engaged.  The number of workers who are actively disengaged is 13%.  These people are so miserable that they seek to sabotage their employer.  The remaining

According to a new survey by the career website Flexjobs, 95 percent of people say having a more flexible job would make them happier.  Why?  From giving them more time, to take care of themselves, to decreasing their overall stress levels,

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh likes experiments.  Five years ago he shifted the management structure to a system that distributes decision-making throughout the organization. Now Hsieh is allegedly instituting a market-based system, where teams operate like independent small businesses with their

An American Airlines passenger was recently removed from a flight after he refused to take off a gas mask.  Staff asked him to remove the mask when fellow passengers panicked, but he refused citing concerns about the coronavirus.  Incidents happen

A recent headline read, “Kobe Bryant and ‘Others’ Killed in Plane Crash.”  Others?  Why is it that one person’s life is deemed more valuable than another’s?  As I read this, I felt sympathy for the families and friends of the

The San Francisco 49ers football team was interviewed after their dominating win, which secured them a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl.  When asked, “What do you attribute this to?” the owner said, “These guys pull together as a team

In an effort to reduce the damage done by the wildfires in Australia, detector dogs are being employed to sniff out fur and rescue koala bears. Being that animals are such a critical part of our lives and our happiness,

People ask me if there is a way to measure engagement besides using an employee engagement survey.  The answer?  Yes, there is.  eNPS, or Employee Net Promoter Score, is a one-question survey that measures the likelihood of whether an employee