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Workplace Friendships: Who Needs Them?

Seriously. You NEED a friend at work. Gallup is the think-tank leader when it comes to understanding businesses and human behavior. Gallup’s research is based on enormous samples sizes and Gallup has a 40+-year track record of tracking engagement at work. Gallup’s research related to having a best friend at work shows interesting and inspiring […]

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The Difference Between Being Busy and Being Productive

  I’m sure you’re too busy for this 4-minute video but humor me for 2-minutes and I’ll give you a very brief synopsis. Many of my corporate clients struggle with the issue of working on the RIGHT thing. This video squarely addresses that problem. The most common strength of the 17.5 million people who have […]

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A Road Map for Employee Engagement

Do you know how to create employee engagement? What comes first? Happiness at work or engagement at work? In the world of organizational behavior, we know that happy workers are more likely to be engaged. But this doesn’t tell us much. My favorite line from one of my graduate professors was “correlation does not prove […]

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More Than 11 Million People Know Their Strengths. Do You?

In fact, as of 11 a.m. this morning exactly 11,042,168 people around the world know their strengths. That is approximately the population of all of the residents in Indiana (6.5 million) and Kentucky (4.4 million) combined. Wow! And the movement is just gaining speed. It took 213 days for the most recent 1 million people […]

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Great Managers Build a Sense of Belonging

  The decline of the American community is a sad and news worthy topic.  Researchers tell us that Americans are less likely to join groups and have long-lasting friendships today than they were in previous decades.  Similarly, Americans have become increasingly disconnected from our social structures – whether they be PTA, church, or political parties. And as […]

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