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“Remember: As a Manager, You Cannot Motivate Anyone”

Recognise This! – You can, however, remove roadblocks and recognise and reinforce desired behaviour to create a motivating work environment. The quotation in the title is from one of my favorite blogs on leadership: Blanchard LeaderChat . This particular...

Published 12 Mar 2013 2:45 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: motivating employees, employee recognition, leadership, management, motivation, employee appreciation, motivating others

The Mark of a Good Manager

Recognise This! – Good managers step up and take action, even when not required, on behalf of their team and the customer. Life is full of errands – things we must do, even if we don’t consider them fun or enlightening. Shopping for...

Published 6 Mar 2013 3:42 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: leadership, management, recognition in diffidult situations

Culture Drives Employee Engagement, Not the Other Way Around

Recognise This! – Executives are still missing the mark on understanding what employees need if they’re going to choose to engage fully in their work and achieving the organisation’s objectives. I greatly enjoyed the summary of Deloitte’s...

Published 8 Feb 2013 2:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, recognition, deloitte, company culture, leadership, strategy, core values, organization culture, executive

The Negative Side of Leadership Influence on Company Culture

Recognise This! – Leaders must promote, encourage and demonstrate themselves an attitude of appreciation and support to create a positive, engaging culture of recognition. Senior executives have the most influence over culture. Yes, all employees...

Published 7 Feb 2013 5:46 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, company culture, leadership, core values, CEO, executive, organziation culture

Barclays CEO on Company Values – Live Them or Leave

Recognise This! – Your core values, the foundation of your company culture, cannot be points of negotiation in the daily work. Your CEO must lead and reinforce that message. Over the weekend, I was thrilled to see a stark and riveting example of...

Published 4 Feb 2013 3:44 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, company culture, leadership, core values, CEO, : Antony Jenkins, Barclays, organiziation culture

3 Reasons Why CEOs Must Lead Company Culture

name="gallery"> Recognise This! – Companies are only as good as the people in it. Be sure your leadership team reflects your CEO’s goals, vision and values. On a fairly regular basis, I blog about CEO wisdom I’ve read in the New York...

Published 30 Jan 2013 9:55 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: company values, company culture, leadership, management, core values, organization culture, CEO, leaders, managers

4 Truths about Company Culture from 2 Experts

Recognize This! – Culture cannot be ignored, hoped for, or passively addressed. It must be proactively managed, encouraged and supported. Sometimes, others simply say it better than I can. Indeed, I enjoy featuring these authors and their works...

Published 17 Oct 2012 8:53 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee recognition and reward, company culture, leadership, work balance, trust, core values, cutlure of recognition, employee alignment

Why Employees Ask “Why?”

Recognize This! – Employees require purpose and meaning to their work in order to fully engage and give their best effort. It’s interesting to me how often themes seem to converge across the various news and blog sources I follow. Today is...

Published 15 Oct 2012 8:14 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, company values, leadership, management, core values, why?

Getting People Processes Right Drives the Bottom Line

Recognize This! – Companies that do people processes better also have better financial returns. I’ve posted fairly often on research showing the connection between employee engagement or employee enablement and the bottom line . Thanks to...

Published 27 Sep 2012 2:11 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: performance management, leadership, management, mployee recognition and reward, people processes

Loyalty Is Not Dead. It’s Just Changed Hands.

Recognize This! – People are loyal to other people, not corporations. How often have you heard the truism, “People don’t leave companies, they leave bosses”? It is a true statement. But let’s look at it from the flip side...

Published 21 Sep 2012 3:21 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee retention, leadership, management, employee loyalty, employee recognition and rewards, manager skills

Does the Jerk Boss Really Rise Higher?

Recognize This! – Jerks can only rise so high in their careers. Considerate bosses actually achieve the CEO office more. A disturbing news trend I’ve been seeing during the last several months since the untimely death of Steve Jobs is the...

Published 11 Sep 2012 6:11 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: leadership, management, recognition and reward, jerks at work, appreciation at work, asshole boss

Increase Sales 5% by Improving Employee Engagement

Recognize This! – Change the conversation about the importance of employee engagement by communicating to your CFO how you can affect a 5% increase in sales. Rounding out a weeks’ worth of posts on employee engagement is a brief look at the...

Published 9 Jul 2012 2:01 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, customer service, leadership, communication, roi

Executives & Employees Disagree on Most Important Factors for Strong Company Cultures

Recognize This! –It matters little that executives and employees agree on the importance of a strong culture if they cannot agree on how to implement, influence and maintain one. Frequent readers of my blog know I write often about the importance...

Published 2 Jul 2012 7:12 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, company culture, leadership, competitive compensation

A Handbook for Management? Yes, with Advice from the Best

Recognize This! –There are great resources on how to manage better. And now they’re all in one place. Do you ever wish you could have an easy-to-hand resource of the best management advice from the people you follow in blogs? I know I do....

Published 21 Jun 2012 4:39 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, leadership, eric mosley, lisa haneberg, ASTD Management Development Book, katie scott

What Could Steve Jobs Have Accomplished with More Attention on the B Players?

Recognize This! – There are always B players in any organization who are just as important to your success as A players, if in a different way. During the last few months, one of the top books has been the Steve Jobs autobiography . It’s a...

Published 22 May 2012 6:03 PM by DerekIrvineGloboforce

Filed under: employee engagement, strategic recognition, performance management, talent management, appreciation, leadership, motivation, encouragement, steve jobs autobiography

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