Are you a person in management who carries the responsibility for your organization’s productivity? If so, this article is for you. The subversive culprit is worry. I’d like to share a few thoughts about worry and it’s impact in an organization. Worry takes place when a person allows one’s mind to focus and remain focused…
Encourage the Exhausted
As we’re out and about (nearly everywhere we go), we like to ask those around us how they’re doing. We’re Human Resources consultants, and people are one of our primary businesses; so asking people how they’re doing is both interesting and important to us. We hear a variety of answers. Some respond with the traditional,…
Managing Remote: Chicago Study
Among the myriads of opinions about employees and how businesses should manage issues, there isn’t always hard evidence to back up the opinion. Bob (Scribner) pointed out an interesting University of Chicago study “Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals” by Gibbs, Mengel & Siemroth, regarding work from…
Thoughts About Resignations and Remote Work
Nearly every day, we see social media articles related to the “Great Resignation”. All kinds of reasons for people walking away from jobs are given. It’s no wonder the business world is confused about the staffing situation as there are so many postulated reasons given for the problem. Therefore, we at Executive Advantage thought we…
Skyscraper-Level Performance
Performance you get it from the doers In previous articles we have discussed the impact employee engagement has in today’s work world. We wrote about how important it is to have employees own the organization’s dream so they were performing as psychological owners of the dream rather than going through the motions of just being…
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