Businessman Kevin O’Leary is probably best known for his starring role on the television program Shark Tank, where gung-ho entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors. So, it may surprise you that O’Leary has a rule that
Gallup just reported that worldwide, the cost of poor management and lost productivity from disengaged employees is $8.8 trillion or 9% of global GDP.
For the past decade, I’ve been saying that how someone is managed has the biggest bearing
Gallup recently reported that employee engagement in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. The data also shows that employees feel increasingly detached from their employers, report less role clarity, have lower satisfaction with
Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun, and many of the firm’s C-suite executives, recently announced they are stepping down. The move comes as Boeing grapples with a huge crisis – planes malfunctioning in flight and whistleblowers all too eager to throw
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce recently announced his retirement from the U.S. National Football League (NFL). The future Hall of Famer won the Super Bowl in 2018 and spent all 13 of his years in the NFL with one franchise
A staggering 47.4 million Americans quit their jobs last year. Employers have responded by throwing money and enhanced benefits at people, which is not a viable long-term strategy. Why? Because people are not quitting thanks to being paid unfairly. People are quitting because
I recently read a great article by Matthew Jones in Inc.com entitled The One Habit All Intelligent People Practice. Jones, a life coach and licensed therapist, says that from studying the behaviors of leaders in diverse fields while earning his doctorate in clinical psychology, he learned that all...
Gallup recently honored 37 organizations, which average 14 engaged employees for every one actively disengaged employee, which the Gallup website says is nearly seven times the rate in the U.S. and more than 15 times the rate for workforces globally.