by Mark Edge | Feb 22, 2023 | Employee Productivity
Excuses are bad. Withholding important information from our bosses is also wrong. We celebrated Presidents’ Day this week, and a story from the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is both amusing and informative. Lincoln once remarked to someone in his office that over 1...
by Mark Edge | Feb 10, 2023 | Employee Productivity
Communication has changed through the years. Some methods have evolved; others have faded away. In descending order, the following are the most effective means of communication through the years. 1990 3. Handwritten letter or note 2. Telephone call 1. Communicate in...
by Mark Edge | Aug 21, 2020 | Employee Productivity
The trust culture holds employees in high esteem. The trust culture takes a deep interest in the lives of its employees. The trust culture holds employees accountable for performing their jobs. See Paul Zak, “Moral Markets,” Journal of Economic Behavior &...
by Mark Edge | Mar 26, 2020 | Employee Productivity
Interesting Work Realize My Full Potential as a Person Being Associated with a Good Organization Being Associated with an Ethical Organization Making Money Please note: “Making Money” landed in fifth place See Ian I. Mitroff and Elizabeth A. Denton, A Spiritual Audit...
by Mark Edge | Mar 3, 2020 | Employee Productivity
Close supervision creates a fear of mistakes. A fear of mistakes generates a workplace culture of excessive caution. A workplace culture of excessive caution grows stale with little innovation. Dennis Campbell, Marc J. Epstein, and F. Asis Martinez- Jerez, “The...
by Mark Edge | Jan 2, 2020 | Employee Productivity
“Lower costs” “Greater initiative” “Higher Loyalty” See Gary Hamel, “First, Let’s Fire All Managers,” Harvard Business Review 89, no. 12 (December 2011): 48-60.
