Leadership

Why Are Companies Struggling With Employee Engagement? When you speak with your friends and colleagues, are they excited to go to work? Does the thought of a Monday elevate their mood or depress it? If we look at the statistics, between 83% and 87% of employees are disengaged. That answers the question of how people…

What Successful Companies Offer Meaningful Work? Duane Hixon, the CEO of N2 Publishing, said, “Profit is necessary, but it is not the goal. We need air and water to survive, but that isn’t our purpose. Our purpose is to help people live better lives.” That sounds noble, but doesn’t every company say that they care…

What Is The #1 Must-Have To Retain Employees? In September 2019, Workhuman® Analytics & Research Institute published a study revealing that employees across all age groups consider meaningful work as the most important aspect of their job. Meaningful work is more important than positive company culture, a supportive manager, and even compensation. The survey found…

What Are The Implications Of The Imagined Order At Work? “Humans believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society.” This quote is from Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, in which he defines the “imagined…

Do You Want To Create A Good Job? Here’s How To Do It. Let’s assume that most CEOs want their employees to have good jobs. Let’s also assume that these CEOs genuinely believe that the jobs they have created at their companies are good jobs. They probably have done market research and believe that compensation…

What Is Meaningful Work AND How To Make Work Meaningful? I have been writing about meaningful work for a while now, but what is meaningful work? Dostoevsky said: “If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be…

What Is The Number One Skill For Future Leaders? What do you think is the primary responsibility of a manager or a leader? Had you asked Frederick Taylor this question, he would have said planning workers’ activities and making sure the workers do exactly what they were told to do in the exact way they were trained…

Should You Be A Parent To Your Employees? When I read Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders: The Three Essential Principles You Need to Become an Extraordinary Leader by Rajeev Peshawaria in 2012, my children were still little. My daughter was in elementary school, and my son was in daycare. I was struggling to figure out how…

Money Or Meaningful Work: Which One Is Better? Are money and meaningful work mutually exclusive? Do you have to choose one over the other? Money is a strange topic. People who get paid salaries never discuss money. It is not culturally acceptable in the U.S. to approach someone and ask them how much money they…