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Employee Engagement – Colleagues Can Kill It Too

by Jennifer V. Miller

There’s a lot of talk about how “management” plays a key role in fostering employee engagement but they’re not the only ones who can kill employees’ morale. Oh, no, colleagues can do a mighty fine job with that as well. Kevin Kruse, author of Employee Engagement for Everyone calls the road-weary co-workers the “Downers” (referring…

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Employee Engagement is for Everyone

by Jennifer V. Miller

This is a multi-part series on employee engagement based on my interview with New York Times best-selling author Kevin Kruse. As a former business owner and winner of a “Best Place to Work” award, Kevin has a wealth of real-life experience. I found him to be funny, down-to-earth and very reasonable in his approach to…

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7 Signs You’re Hoarding Your Team’s Talent

by Jennifer V. Miller

As an advisor to people in senior management roles, I’ve noticed a key distinction between mediocre and exemplary leaders: the best leaders don’t hoard their talent. Over at Smartblog on Leadership, I explore the organizational benefits of leaders who have an abundance mindset regarding career development. What’s a talent hoarder? Just as a pack-rat hoards…

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Turning the Hierarchy Upside Down

by Jennifer V. Miller

Author Marilyn Jacobson, Ph.D. wrote a guest post here on The People Equation called Mapping the Passage to an Upside Down Organization. I was intrigued by this imagery – that of an upside-down organizational pyramid, so I reached out to Dr. Jacobson for an interview to learn more. I’m very grateful that she agreed, because…

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26 Ways to Be a Better Boss

by Jennifer V. Miller

Quote Never Waste a Good Opportunity to Learn from a Bad Boss

    I asked people, “What makes a bad boss?”          Roy Atkinson came up with this gem: A bad boss is terrific to learn from: do the opposite of everything they do and you will do well.  Here are 26 “bad boss” behaviors – flipped and turned into positive qualities. A good boss: Respects me…

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