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That’s a question I was recently asked by one of my client’s I coach. After he was done venting about how he thought the interview went well but the recruiter after numerous check-backs finally said they found someone else more qualified. I said this-

Culture, like the air you breathe, is difficult to get your arms around lever of high performance and workplace engagement. Other commonly recognized performance excellence levers appear easy to move in comparison. Got bad managers? Fire the worst; then train—and reward—the remaining managers for behaviors that engage. Experiencing a disconnect on the branding front? Enlist the training department to lead a learning program to skill-up the workforce.

The simple answer is by linking your HR and L&D work directly to business success.

Employee “mindsets” are of critical importance and need to be measured.

What is true leadership? You can give the same old tired definitions:

Organisations speak, quite rightly, about how their people are their most precious resource.  Some even write about it in their formal publications.

It has been long said that the new generations have different needs yet I can safely say as a leading organization development professional, that most employees I’ve met over the past few years, no matter what age, have very similar personal desires and needs.

by William J. LeGray, of CBLG Associates, March 9th, as Posted on Cblegray’s, and Workplacestars, WordPress Blogs.

I often find meaningful metaphors for change in nature. Last week, I gave myself a gift of a few fun days after exhibiting and presenting a breakout session at a national conference, and did some hiking in Napa Valley. It was my first time in this beautiful region. After many rainy days in California, the sun was shining, the air was warm… and the trail was muddy! My goal for the day was to enjoy the fresh air, explore the park and the nearby town of Calistoga.

If you have ever taken a course on time management you may have found it’s like trying to put one gallon of time in a half gallon container? Yes, there is a place for time management but is learning to “manage time” going to revolutionize your life? What we need is not “time management” but a “time revolution”.