Team Effectiveness
3 Tips on Building a Culture of Peer-to-Peer Recognition at Your Company
A Guest Post by Ginni Chen I read an incredible statistic the other day that summarizes the epidemic of worker disenchantment: 53% of people at work are dissatisfied with the amount of recognition they get on the job. A recent study by Towers Watson concluded that whether employees feel their efforts are appreciated is the number one determining…
Using The PRIMES to Solve Project Team Problems
This is the second blog post about the book The PRIMES by Chris McGoff. Author McGoff says “The PRIMES show up every time people join up in groups to solve problems, drive change and transform systems.” There are 46 PRIMES, so there is a lot covered in the book and it’s all great. But I…
Employee Recognition: Why the Lighter Side of Business has Serious Results
I believe that employee recognition is a vastly underused tool in a leader’s toolkit. Recognition need not be expensive, elaborate or time-consuming—but that’s how many leaders see it. Therefore, I’ve teamed up with the recognition specialists at Baudville. They’ve agreed to pass along some great advice to the readers of The People Equation on how to…
Is Faulty Wiring Frying Your Gut-Check?
Even the most plugged-in leaders get it wrong sometimes. This fact was driven home to me the other day as I listened in on a phone conference led by a regional manager named Pete who manages a group of customer service teams spread across the northern half of the United States. My purpose in joining the…