How to Keep Employees

We live on talent as business leaders so how do we motivate and retain that talent within our organisations...here are a few articles to help

Drew McLellan presents Is your little red wagon stuck? posted at The Marketing Minute.

Anna Farmery presents Leaders Have Great Balance posted at The Engaging Brand

Jay Gordon Cone presents Authentic CSR creates higher employee engagement posted at Interaction Associates - Thought leadership and practical tools for collaboration., saying, "Today's employees expect to care about what they do. If they love their work, they're more willing to give additional discretionary effort to see meaningful projects succeed."

David B. Bohl presents Surviving (Tolerating, Accepting, and Eluding) Negative People, Places, and Situations : Slow Down Fast Today! posted at Slow Down Fast Today!.

Edith Yeung presents How to Read People and Get Your Point Across? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Jason Rakowski presents How to Deliver the Ultimate in Customer Service Delight posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, "With the right approach you can add wow factor to your customer experiences and develop mutually beneficial long term relationships with them."

Carmen Van Kerckhove presents If diversity training doesn’t work, why do companies do it? posted at Race in the Workplace - how race and racism influence our working lives, saying, "Companies are twice as likely to invest in diversity training than any other type of diversity initiative because their real motivation is to mitigate risk."

Christopher J. Brunner presents Implementing a Wellness Program posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "The cost of health benefits for employers and employees alike is a rising concern, especially for smaller business owners. Though it can’t get rid of the cost all together, implementing a wellness program into your employees’ working lifestyle can save you money."

Tupelo Kenyon presents Make Assumptions Obsolete by Communicating posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "We assume because we don’t know. We don’t know because we don’t ask. We don’t ask because we act as if we already know. Or, we don’t want to appear stupid. So we make an assumption. Then we forget it is merely something we made up, and we behave as if it’s a fact. When the facts are known, it would never occur to us to assume. The solution is clear communication. When we know the truth, assumptions are forever unnecessary."

David B. Bohl presents Fulfillment and Leadership : Slow Down Fast Today! posted at Slow Down Fast Today!.

Debra Moorhead presents Integrity in Today’s Workplace posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Ivan Rios presents Go Beyond Responsibility posted at artofleading.net.

Ivan Rios presents How To Make Your Team Happy posted at artofleading.net.

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If it ain't broke...fix it!

Often we wait until something is broken before we fix it....why not fix it before it is broken.

A great example is Dick Fosbury. People had a way of teaching the high jump - it worked. But Dick Fosbury reinvented the method. He developed a revolutionary approach that took high jump to ...new heights!

He didn't have exceptional strength or speed but what he had was a revolutionary approach that brought him a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics.

He did not listen to the critics, the people who banned the technique...he believed in his ability to create a new method that would help him achieve his dream

Do you wait until it is broke, or do you challenge the norm, do you challenge yourself and your team to continue improving?

Employee Engagement

Aristotle said

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work"

I love this quote as it sums up in 9 words why leaders should be concerned with the "happiness" of their employees at work. If people feel values, if they feel listened to, if they feel their work is meaningful...then this will be reflected in their work.

Carnival of Leadership Development

Here is our latest collection of articles that will help you to create success both in your career, your team and your company. Enjoy and then make an action list of ideas.

Billy Smith presents 3 Books for the Young Developing Leader posted at The Organic Leadership Blog.

shazad mirza presents How to win a Conversation and get your point across posted at Islamic facts, islamic info, islam general.

Hueina Su presents Homecoming to You: Re-connecting with Your Authentic Self posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul

Ernie A. Cevallos presents Thoughts on Leadership posted at BIZ-THINK, saying, "Great development article for those looking to understand what leadership is all about."

TherapyDoc presents Commencement posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, "Well, you know, you do have to start somewhere."

Becky McCray presents What is an entrepreneur? posted at Small Biz Survival.

zenofeller presents People's Fault. posted at zenofeller.com.

Carmen Van Kerckhove presents Diversity training doesn't work. Here's why. posted at Race in the Workplace - how race and racism influence our working lives

Jim Tobin presents Life is Marketing: What Makes a Good Advertising Client posted at Life is Marketing

Jim Stroup presents Eyes glazed over posted at Managing Leadership

Brandon Peele presents Psychology vs. Philosophy posted at GT.

Pushpa Sathish presents HR Lowdown » To Drink or Not to Drink? And 99 Other Social Norms for Business posted at HR Lowdown.

Ed Rivis presents The 3 Secrets of Exponential Growth. posted at Ed Rivis.

wilson ng presents The Solution to the Problem posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife

Christopher J. Brunner presents Buddy Networking: A Clever Way to Expand Your Network posted at GreatFX Business Cards

Nigel Griffiths presents What makes a successful leader? posted at The Enfys Acumen Blog.

Bhupendra Khanal presents Are you really paid enough? posted at Analytics Bhupe, saying, "First be your own leader, then lead the world."

Jim Stroup presents Leading leadership posted at Managing Leadership

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carnival of leadership development using our carnival submission form.Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

A Thought on Praise

Always remember

"A pat on the back is only a few inches higher than a kick in the butt"

For a matter of inches, we often forget the former......reach that little higher when you need to and it will increase your leadership potential.

How long does it take to build a ship?

Back in the 1930's it took years, then an upstart called Henry Kaiser came along.

He built his first ship in 240 days.

Soon he built one in 9 days!

Then in a contest with another shipyard he built one in 4 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes!!

Why, because he didn't live by the past, he decided to break the rules, he decided that he wanted to and then concentrated on the "how"

Time is precious, do you set deadlines to the old rules, to the "norm" or do you allow people to think differently?

The Impact of a Leader

It is vital that we understand the impact of our actions on our teams and those around us. We are all human and there will be times when we show impatience, have an outburst etc

But always remember when "you point a finger at others, there are 3 of your fingers on the same hand pointing back to you"

The golden rule is always to provide constructive feeedback in private, give recognition in public.
Learning that element of self control will pay dividends 10 fold.

Appreciate to Accumulate!

The number one reason for people leaving their roles is not feeling appreciated. So a test, try and touch this plus sign, try and touch it on the screen....

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Have you tried to touch it? If so that was not trying, that was doing...you did touch it.

Trying is a word overused in business...try and do this, well I have tried etc By using the word try you confuse people....they have a way out, they don't know whether you really believe that they can do it.

So tomorrow replace the word try with do. You either do something or you don't do something. Show your belief either in yourself or others.