Every recognized national resource agrees: the statistics for employee engagement nationwide are staggering. And, not in a good way. Published average figures for employee engagement show 70% of all workers are disengaged. And, up to half that population is “actively” disengaged. This group is actually working against the stated vision of your team while continuing …
Listening well may be the simplest key to improving your team’s engagement and performance. Value is Conferred by Listening Most of my clients can easily rehearse the idea, “people only feel valued to the degree that they feel heard.” In the pursuit of creating a culture where people feel valued above process and product, we …
I live in a small town in rural South Carolina. Most of my client work is in the larger regional markets of Charleston, Charlotte, and Asheville. I love coming home to Hartsville. Matters of business, politics, and religion are still hashed out over bad coffee and good sausage. It is not unusual to find executives from Sonoco …