Increase Your Influence Through Delegation

Great job on this fundamental delegation tool, Karin Hurt!




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Sorry Gallup - You're Late

Gallup is pretty late to the conversation about the need for individual employees to own their own engagement.  (See post: "Employees Are Responsible for Their Engagement Too.")  Yes, managers are critical to the engagement equation, but Gallup's approach doesn't adequately address the role of senior management and individual employees.

Blessing White's "X" model of engagement takes a more balanced approach.  See the video here.  (And no, I don't work for Blessing White!)

EI 101

Good stuff here.

7 Habits Of People Who Have Achieved Work-Life Balance

Work might demand that we are always on but some people have managed to have carved out meaningful lives outside of their work. Here's how.

By Harvey Deutschendorf

Emotional Intelligence Matters

WHY EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WITH STRONG EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED THAN THOSE WITH HIGH IQS OR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.


BY HARVEY DEUTSCHENDORF

Four-Day Work Week? It's Time...

HOW THESE COMPANIES HAVE MADE FOUR-DAY WORKWEEKS FEASIBLE
MORE BUSINESSES ARE OFFERING THREE-DAY WEEKENDS EVERY WEEK AND SEEING TONS OF BENEFITS, BUT HOW DO THEY PULL IT OFF?


BY STEPHANIE VOZZA

REMOTE WORKERS: Own Your Engagement!

While these apply to all of us, these principles are especially critical for those that work remotely:
1. Clarifying expectations
2. Initiating feedback and communication
3. Investing in relationships
4. Finding a balance


by Annamarie Mann

Four Ways to Stay Energized

Make these practices part of your daily routine and stand back!

1. DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST

2. CATEGORIZE YOUR TASKS

3. BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT EMAIL

4. PLAN AHEAD

Stop Donating to the Homeless

This Homelessness Organization Says You Should Stop Donating To The Homeless
Remarkably, it costs less to house, educate, and employ homeless people than it does to maintain their status quo on the streets. So let's invest in lifting people up—not just giving charity.

Variety and Flexibility of Space

HOW TO DESIGN AN OFFICE FOR MAXIMIZING EMPLOYEE HAPPINESS
BY LYDIA DISHMAN

Work-Life Balance? Forget It - Strive for Integration

Integration of work-life goals and interests is the ideal but, I think, seldom achieved.  At the least though, perhaps we can strive for alignment of values.

Breathe, baby, breathe!

Great article and video on the importance of meditation techniques that calm the mind and let us operate at full capacity.



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Accomplishments vs Performance

"Managers need good relationship skills, so they have the types of conversations they need to have with their employees. I’m emphasizing conversations: Formal evaluations are not subjective enough. Conversations are subjective and need to be when we look at real people doing real tasks and understand what worked, what didn’t, and why."
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Breakthrough Results

Further evidence spending more time understanding a problem rather than jumping to a predetermined solution yields better results.


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POW! BAM! Delegate!

Great tips to consider as your company or your responsibilities expand.


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Live Your Passion...or Die!

"Take your passions seriously—it might be a matter of life or death if you choose to ignore them."


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Most Managers Shouldn't Be

It is amazing to me how little some companies value managers who have highly engaged employees...


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Making Remote Work Arrangements Effective

Great article on the nuances of remote employees.


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Get Control!

A great guide and reminder of how to get back, and maintain, control of your work life.


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Stop Wasting Valuable Time on Email

Love this article - especially the concept "not all emails are created equally."


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Be a Good Mentee

Spot on! Many people don't understand the mentor/mentee roles.





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Different Work Styles Make a More Effective Organization

I've also found the book "Team Players and Teamwork" by Glenn M. Parker to be a great way for teams to recognize and value each other's styles.

Don't be a loser!

Winners pick themselves up again and again.


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Forced Ranking is Dead (or should be)

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Get Organized for Success

Great article!


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New Hire Angst

Great post by Jeff Haden - seems basic but he identifies four things that are usually overlooked.



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You know you're a leader when...

A high performer from another area of the company recently came by my office on wrote on my white board, "How do I get on your team?"


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Brainstorm Your Life Goals

Not sure it really meets the definition of an "audit" but I definitely can see value in the process: "...she blocked out a few hours of alone, distraction-free time and started writing every goal, desire, and new habit she wanted to see come true on Post-it Notes. Next, she arranged all of her 121 Post-it Notes into themes like Health, Skills, and Relationships and separated them into. Then she designated each note with when the goal could be accomplished: either now/soon, someday, or on an everyday basis."




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Sacrifice Breeds Success

Great article and story. Quote I loved: "When I interview people," he says, "I afterwards often ask the receptionist how those people treated them. It’s very telling to me how someone treats someone they perceive to be of a lower rank." If the candidate was dismissive, then it's simple: Ohmaye can dismiss the candidate. "When I look for talent, obviously they have to be competitive—but the other half is they have to be a good human being."


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Do the Next Right Thing

When coaching sports, I always tell my players, "Things will go wrong and you will make a mistake. Don't quit - do the next right thing."

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How Leaders Engage Employees

Supportive management is a huge driver of engagement.

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Ignore the Management System at Your Own Risk

An example of why improvement efforts that don't address the management system, first and foremost, are doomed to eventual failure.


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Sell Your Idea

The ability to navigate the politics of an organization is an essential skill for any effective leader. Great job identifying how to do that more often.

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