By Beverly Jones It’s well understood that upbeat and highly motivated employees achieve more than their negative, disgruntled peers. Recognizing the link between attitude and job performance, human resources experts used to talk a lot about the need to enhance “employee morale” and build “job satisfaction.” In recent years, however, the buzz has been all […]
Organization and Team Performance
Be Very Careful How You Use Measurements
by Ira Chaleff Executive Excellence – September 2000 There is a disturbing trend in companies and government agencies. Increasingly, key statistics are manipulated and used to drive up the price of a company’s stock or the funding of government agency programs, instead of being used for their intended purpose. Any operation needs to develop measurements. […]
Revitalize Your Organization
by Ira Chaleff If your organization is missing a high-spiritedness or is rife with discord and anxiety and you want to turn this around, read on. In working with organizations of many types and sizes I have observed seven common factors in an organization losing its vitality: Loss of faith in leadership Leaders get insulated […]