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Sharlyn Lauby wrote a recent blog, The Customer Now Decides if Companies Treat Employees Fairly. Companies like Papa John’s and Darden Restaurants have experienced a negative impact to their bottom line as a result of perceived unfair treatment of their employees. Papa John’s, CEO, John Schnatte suggested he would cut work hours for Papa John employees in order to bring… [Read More]
My guilty pleasure is gossip and entertainment news. It’s not as bad as watching Honey Boo-Boo, but I have hidden my gossip magazine behind HBJ on business flights. Charlie Sheen gave Lindsey Lohan $100K out of the kindness of his “heart”. He felt emphatic to her since they worked together on the blockbuster film, Scary Movie… [Read More]
Sadly, most of us, whether we are football fans or not know the sad story of KC Chiefs player, Jovan Belcher. After killing his girlfriend and himself, the KC Chiefs were left stunned, saddened and still processing the events. What I found remarkable about this tragedy was the KC quarterback, Brady Quinn’s comments: “I know… [Read More]
I just finished a keynote, The 10 Steps of Employee Engagement, in Kiev, Ukraine at their Employer Branding and Engagement Forum. What a fascinating experience. Ukraine is a former communist country, still struggling to embrace capitalism as they continue towards their goal of being a ‘developed’ country. I found the Ukrainians to be warm, inviting,… [Read More]
1.) Don’t Trash Talk Your Organization: Whether it is the New York Jets, or the teen star from 2 1/2 Men, Angus T. Jones-do not do this. Complain to a friend, spouse, family member, partner-anyone else but the public (or if anyone reports to you). If you are really miserable-look for another opportunity. Move on…. [Read More]
As I was driving home recently, I was wondering what to blog about. There is the obvious: EEG just made its first office move. I was going with that, until my favorite, local, sports station talked about the New York Jets ripping Tim Tebow apart. That’s right-they were trash talking their own player. Interesting. I researched this… [Read More]
Its refreshing when we learn about a company that is high performing, focuses on the importance of engagement and culture while striving to deliver the highest degree of customer care. Gentle Giant Moving Company is one of those organizations. You probably didn’t think I was going to say a moving company. I know first hand how hard… [Read More]
We all have epiphanies in our work life. For me, it was a few moments during my software days. Even though I worked for stellar companies, seeing some basic management mistakes and truly wanting to help invoke change and awareness about the importance of culture and accountability. One quarter end, after hours of legal teams fighting… [Read More]
Creativeship, A Novel for Evolving Leaders is the journey of recently retired fictitious main character Joe Daniels. En-route to his retirement party, accompanied by his Generation Y daughter, Heather, Joe has an epiphany that his long held definition of “Leadership” won’t work in the new economy. His retirement party triggers a series of career flashbacks,… [Read More]
Big News in Beantown…The Boston Red Sox hired John Farrell to be their new manager to replace Bobby Valentine. EEG is a global company but we are based out of Boston, so we are all die-hard, Boston sports fan. Watching the Red Sox train wreck has been fascinating from an engagement perspective for the following reasons:… [Read More]
