November 2011

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November 14, 2011 in Leadership development by Marc Michaelson | 1 comment

 

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Ready. Fire. Aim!

November 11, 2011 in Leadership Coaching, Leadership development, Management Training by Marc Michaelson | No comments

 

Are your employees committed to the company, aligned with its goals, and anxious to contribute.

 

Are employees, leaders and managers  frustrated by barriers that exist in the work environment confronting them from being the best that they can be?

 

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What I often hear from team members is that  their expectations for their roles  are not properly defined which leads  these individuals to become disillusioned, frustrated, and sometimes very angry.  Most of them experience leadership and alignment on the fly!

 

Yes, we are living in a new world of work where READY, FIRE, AIM is the daily mantra for leaders and managers who are asked to climb mountains with their teams.

 

The new world of work requires organizations to equip their people who are now leaders without titles in the DO -MORE – BETTER – FASTER WITH LESS workplace that executes with the READY-FIRE-AIM approach.

There has never been a more important time to invest in the skills development that enhances critical thinking, resilience, collaboration and self management.  This is the short list–there are many more skill and tools required for today’s workplace that most leaders, managers and employees do not possess.

From my perspective as an executive coach, leadership development facilitator, and trusted advisor to many teams it is time for soft and hard skills to become one.  We call them Smart Skills, those skills that equip each and every worker regardless of their titles, to get the job done, offer discretionary effort and high levels of engagement under fire.

Time to remove the categories associated with skill acquisition and focus on a more holistic approach to leadership, management and employee development!

 

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How Present Are Your People?

November 7, 2011 in Leadership development by Marc Michaelson | No comments

Presenteeism is more complicated than absenteeism and is often not well understood by leadership and management.  Leaders and managers may see their team arrive for work, ready for a full day’s work but not recognize whether they are actually in the physical, mental and emotional space to deliver their best efforts.

Are your employees absent while being present in their job?

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Presenteesism costs are estimated to cost companies up to four times more than absenteeism through the loss of productivity on the job. Are your employees sitting around staring at the computer screen, unable to prioritize their tasks, unable to remain focused on important deliverables? Are they finding excuses for not performing well?

All levels of productivity can be affected by numerous influences namely their physical, mental and emotional states. An employee who is out of balance due to personal relationship issues, financial stressors, a poor relationship at home  will struggle to stay on  task at a satisfactory level.

Numerous studies have show that “the lack of presence” on the job costs US companies billions of dollars.

An assortment of preventable health problems contribute to such losses in productivity. For instance research has shown that inactivity can reduce productivity by 7%, excessive alcohol consumption by 4%, smoking by 10%, stress by 13%, neck and back pain by 20% and lack of sleep by a whopping 30% per employee

It is in the employers best interest to recognize the impact of presenteeism in their business and provide solutions to gain the best from employees.

Employees who are more focused, present, and healthy are those who lead their life well.  Make sure you provide an employee well-being program to foster higher levels of personal presence vs presenteeism.

Think about it this way…let’s say you pay your  team 500, 000 per year and they show up at 100% only half the time–you just lost 250,000-cash,  and an undetermined level of value related to innovation, problem solving and customer satisfaction.

We want our employees to be PRESENT, HEALTHY and ENGAGED

Well-Being = Presence, Presence =Engagement and Discretionary Effort –which is PRICELESS

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