Stop Laughing and Get Back to Work
A 700-person experiment in Britain found that providing “happiness shocks” actually made participants happier and that they were in turn an average of 12% more productive as a result.
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Tag: employee communication
A Shocker: Employees Leave BAD Bosses – AND GOOD ONES TOO! Two Questions To Ask Yourself
New research out of Harvard Business School shows the rate at which employees leave bad bosses vs. good bosses. It may surprise you!
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The Secret to My Incredible Bolognese Sauce
Great ingredients treated right make for an amazing culinary creation. Likewise, great employees treated right can make for an amazing workplace culture.
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That New Initiative You Are About to Roll Out — DON’T DO IT
If it’s not broken, should you still try to fix it? A lesson in company initiatives.
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I Am Betting You Can’t Explain Why You Have Most of the Rules You Have
Every workplace has to have rules or there would be chaos; however, the very best rules are the ones where the reasoning behind them is obvious.
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When Leaders Lie — Part Two
Since writing “When Leaders Lie”, I was reminded of one of my first encounters with the temptation to “lie” as a young leader and I thought I’d share.
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Do You Have Stupid or Smart Work Rules
Every organization has rules that govern how employees behave. Over time, organizations all seem to add rules but never remove rules. The problem with piling on rules is that they tend to be demoralizing and demotivating for team members
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4 Reasons “We” vs. “They” Is So Important
Do you have a blame mentality, accompanied by a credit stealing mentality? Before you deny it . . . you may be coming across like this without even knowing it.
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When Leaders Lie
Have you ever had the experience of knowing a colleague, mentor or supervisor lied?
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In Your Organization, How Would You Finish This Sentence: Together We Are . . .
Building communities or cultures is damn hard work. It has to be a relentless pursuit. Part of the equation is having a list of common core values.
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The 8 Best Ways to Kill Your Senior Living Culture
I have never, not once, met a senior living leader who said, “Our goal is to have a crappy culture.”
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Do Your Employees Know What Makes You Different?
You need to figure out with some specificity what makes each facility, each community, each organization different. You need to create “Your Story” and you need to do it now!
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