Quick Tips to Create an Engaged Workforce
Employee Engagement is a hot topic as the shortage of high performing talent increases. A May 2011 study from McKinsey & Co. found that by 2018, the U.S. will face a shortage of 1.5 million managers who can use data to shape business decisions. And the shortage...
Employee Engagement-Must Reads
For those of you who are interested in learning more about employee engagement for your organization, I would personally recommend the following reading: “Drive” by Daniel Pink Rewards offer the best motivation for your team! Au contraire, says Daniel H....
MBWA: Key for Mining Diamonds
One of my clients recently returned from the Baptist Leadership Conference and during his management meeting he was reporting back on his learnings from the conference and what he intended on implementing. As he ran down the list there was one technique that is so...
Feedback – How to Send it for Others to Receive and Act Upon It
Remember that manager you had that when he said “I need to talk to you” you got a deep sinking feeling which wound up at the pit of your stomach. What was it that made you react to those words? There are any number of reasons that you reacted many of which were based...
Feedback? Feedforward!
We’ve all been there. An annual sit down with our boss who proceeds to give us feedback on what we have done right and wrong over the past months or worse years! It is an exercise that never brings positive results unless it is paired with feedforward. ...
Beth Armknecht Miller’s passion for learning and dedication to bringing out the best in others are strands woven throughout her career and are found in her work with Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.