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This excerpt from CIO.com:
1. Business is competitive. Deal with it.
Edelman interviewed Sam DiPiazza Jr., the CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers, for his book. DiPiazza had this to say about business, according to Edelman: “Business, whether we like it or not, includes competition. It’s challenging, aggressive and very demanding. Despite the perception of many, it can also be [...]


Marcus Buckingham Thinks Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/49/buckingham_Printer_Friendly.html
Marcus Buckingham teaches CEOs how to get the most out of their people and their organizations. His first lesson: Forget everything you think you know about being a leader.
From: Issue 49 | July 2001 | Page 88 | By: Polly LaBarre

There is a noble promise [...]


After hundreds of focus groups and thousands of interviews with employees in a variety of industries, Gallup came up with the Q12, a 12-question survey that identifies strong feelings of employee engagement. Results from the survey show a strong correlation between high scores and superior job performance. Here are those 12 questions:

Do you know what [...]


Gallup Great Workplace Award
Organization Award
The world’s top-performing companies help lead the global economy by engaging their workforces. These companies understand that employee engagement is a force that drives real business outcomes. Based on exhaustive research, rigorous criteria, and the evaluation of workplace experts, the Gallup Great Workplace Awards recognize these excellent companies for their extraordinary [...]


Appreciative Inquiry: Chapter 2
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Great Lakes HR Now Newsletter
The Reflected Best Self exercise, which originated as part of a relatively new movement called Positive Organizational Scholarship, is available through the Center for POS at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.


Great Lakes HR Now Newsletter
Boosting performance by building on strengths is a movement that’s gaining popularity in many companies, business schools, and other organizations nationwide – and it originated in our backyard.
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) had its start about six years ago at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. It was [...]


“The Reflected Best Self really taps into employee engagement,” Roberts says. “It hits people at a core level that really inspires them to develop. All of a sudden, they start to feel a greater sense of meaning and satisfaction from work.”
By performing the exercise, individuals gain self-confidence, motivation, and a deeper sense of clarity about [...]


Enterprise Forum: “Deborah Webster: Keep Your Top Talent Engaged, or Lose Them
A few years back, Soar Technology Inc. (Soar Tech) had a problem. The artificial intelligence company based in Ann Arbor company needed to to a do a better job of recruiting and retaining the highly skilled employees that it needs. To address that Soar [...]


1. A good leader has an exemplary character. It is of utmost importance that a leader is trustworthy to lead others. A leader needs to be trusted and be known to live their life with honestly and integrity. A good leader “walks the talk” and in doing so earns the right to have responsibility for [...]