The single greatest influencing factor on whether your team is engaged is you, the manager. A significant part of this influence you hold lies in the type of power you choose to use in order to carry out your manager role – position power or personal power. This is...
Engaging leadership brings huge benefits to any team, business unit or organisation. We all know it. We see the evidence everywhere and we are all familiar with the old saying: “Employees don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.” We have all worked in...
To increase your productivity at work requires seemingly simple changes in our behaviour. However, it requires us to change habits that have evolved over many years. Habits, as we all know, are difficult to change. It requires a disciplined approach but the rewards...
Every business needs empowered employees who are driven to do things differently and better. So, if you decide to challenge the status quo at your work, you may be doing your employer a great favour. By doing so, you may end up saving money, driving key...
This article outlines a key engagement building activity for all line managers and team leaders. It focuses on how to develop an understanding of what motivates and engages individual members of your team. Background Like most employee engagement...