What does it take to turn your ship around? Why you should stop bashing millennials. John Sanchez, the former executive vice president of global operations at Sysomos, talks in detail about the actions him and his team took to transform his millennial engagement and turnover from 25-30% annually to next to zero. Read his piece here and get ready to take some notes.
Promotions and more money won’t keep your millennials. Here's a story of why one millennial, Scott, left his company the day he received a promotion. It's the focus of my latest piece on Forbes. Read Scott’s story here.
Why define your fears instead of goals? Tim Ferriss gives a powerful talk on the TED stage about the importance of looking at your fears and how it changed the course of his life. Enjoy the talk here.
How do managers drive results and employee engagement at the same time? Can you be a results-driven leader while at the same time building an engaged, fun-to-work-with team? Research on 360-assessment of over 60,000 leaders says yes. The small percentage (13%) who combine these two traits are the very best leaders. Check out the Harvard Business Review article here to see the behaviors they found consistent with this group.
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