Well-Connected Leaders: Who Cares?
Networking enhances a leader’s ability to access information and resources through their upward and lateral connections. Networking also affects how leaders are perceived by others at work....
View ArticleEngaging Corporate Citizenship And Trust
The best evidence to date linking employee engagement to performance found that value congruence was a significant predictor of employee engagement. Value congruence is the extent to which an...
View ArticleDo Older Workers Have Bad Work Attitudes?
Today 55 percent of the U.S. workforce is 40 or older. Because of negative stereotypes, several research studies have shown that older workers receive lower ratings in job applications, performance...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Working With People You Like
I’m a big fan of job satisfaction. As I have reported here before, the research evidence consistently shows that individuals satisfied with their jobs are more committed, better organizational...
View ArticleThe Practical Insignificance Of Exceptional Management Research
If you want your group members to cooperate with each other as they work on their shared goals, you should ensure they are led by folks that understand and represent the group’s values and consistently...
View ArticleAnxious And Avoidant Attachment At Work
Secure attachment is a personality trait characteristic of those that can work autonomously as well as with others when appropriate. In my own study of 161 employees of an assisted living center and...
View ArticleDoes Human Capital Matter?
For your company to achieve high performance, you need to acquire and nurture the best and brightest human capital available and keep these investments in your company. This is the bottom-line...
View ArticleThe Gender Stall Effect
A fascinating and extremely well done study recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly sheds new light on the integration of women into the workforce using longitudinal data from the US...
View ArticleThe Key to Growth
A few weeks ago, Bret Simmons posted a video manifesto about investing in employees on his website. We thought it was so good, we chose to repost it here. Check the video out below and see...
View ArticleBuilding Citizenship at Work
The video from my TEDxReno talk “Citizenship at Work” is now live. I have to tell you honestly that they had some problems with audio that day, starting with my talk. They edited out the entire front...
View ArticleWhy Autonomy Enables Good Performance
If everyone in your organization only did what was written in their formal job descriptions, your business would be mediocre at best. For your business to excel, your workforce from top to bottom needs...
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