$8.8 trillion dollars or 9% of the global GDP. That’s how much the Gallup Organization estimates our disengaged workforce is costing the economy. I’ve written and spoken a lot about the role managers have to play in employee engagement (spoiler alert – it’s the single biggest cause). Today I’d like to talk about the erosion […]
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In my last 3 posts I’ve talked about bad behavior and why so many managers and organizations let it slide (to their own and others’ determinants.) I want to end this series by sharing a success story. In 1997 I managed the Austin office of Robert Half International. I hired a young recruiter who was
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In yesterday’s post I wrote about my personal experience with bad behavior in a professional context and the cost that putting up with bad behavior. Today I’d like to talk about passing someone’s bad behavior onto another manager or company and the, literally devastating, consequences that can have. Have you ever passed along a problem
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When I worked as a recruiter I heard many stories of people leaving their jobs because of bad behaviour on the part of their manager or colleagues.
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In preparing for a leadership presentation to one of my engineering clients I went searching for updated stats on the skills shortage in the engineering industry. In 2021 Infrastructure Australia predicted that there could be a deficit of up to 105,000 qualified engineers by mid-2023. A quick glance at my calendar told me we have
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Today I read yet another article about a large corporate demanding a return to the office and their employees kicking up a fuss. Here\’s the thing… most people actually WANT to come back to the office (some of the time, for the right reasons). But they don\’t want their employer to DEMAND that they come back to the office.
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