Teaching Empathy: The Ancient Way Is Now Cutting-Edge – Forbes.
Here’s a short, but excellent article with some simple steps we can use daily to model, teach and reinforce empathy, as well as links to addtional resources.
Archive for Organizations – Page 6
Here is a timely article from Tony Schwartz, someone I have been of fan of for many years and leader/founder of “The Energy Project.”
Read on and let me know what YOU think.
Want Productive Employees? Treat Them Like Adults – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review.
Secrets Of America's Happiest Companies | Fast Company.
I’m always interested in this. What can you learn from this research that can make a difference in your workplace?
Also, if you are interested in more, here is the link to a New York Times book review of Anne Kreamer’s book, “It’s Always Personal.”
It’s easy to think of vacation and time off as the best way to increase employee well-being, but, in fact, in the long run, engagement is much more important to an employee’s well-being than the amount of time they have off of work.
The employee that is highly engaged at work, frequently enjoys a blurring of the distinction between work and play, and often finds themselves energized by things that occur at work rather than de-energized or depleted.
In addition, numerous serious research studies have shown that the more often people find themselves in the state of “flow”, (where they are so entirely consumed in what is happening in the moment that they lose all sense of time and of the other activities going on around them), the happier they are.
For Employee Wellbeing, Engagement Trumps Time Off.
Coaching Tip:
Forget about long vacations, and consider what changes you can make to move more in the direction of “I love my work” and “I get a chance to do my best work every day.”
Go for more “flow.”
Managers will tell you that employees quit because of the compensation, but the truth is it’s not really all about the money.
In a study involving 19,000 employee exit interviews reported here, compensation was actually third down the list of the top reasons people leave a job. Take a look at the top 10 reasons people leave, and think about what you could be doing to better ensure that your organization hangs on to its best and brightest talent:
Exit interviews show top 10 reasons why employees quit « Blanchard LeaderChat.
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Wow! Isn’t this the truth? Consider posting this where you can see it on a regular basis. Happy Friday, everyone!
Success Will Come and Go, But Integrity is Forever – Forbes.
As a coach I am sometimes asked to coach people for reasons that I believe to be inappropriate, and one of them is a lack of integrity. I believe nothing is more important in a leader than integrity….and, that by the time one is an adult their sense of integrity, (or not), is a pretty well-formed part of their personality.
Thnink about the great leaders you have known, Was integrity not a key part of who they were?
What Do YOU Think of this “Big Idea”?
It’s been my experience that Generation X and Y individuals, both men and women, are just not interested in working for companies that are not working on this.
How Transparent it Your Leadership?
5 Powerful Things Happen When A Leader Is Transparent – Forbes.
What do you think of this perspective? Do you agree? There were many comments on this article in Forbes. Let us hear YOUR voice.
This is a high bar… but what a great way to end the week. I would suggest you keep this article around and use it as a measure from time to time as you work on getting closer… and staying closer to this ideal place in your work.
8 Signs You’ve Found Your Life’s Work | Fast Company.
I’d love your comments on this article, “8 Signs You’ve Found Your Life’s Work”
What are your experiences with getting there, and, staying there?