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Reasons People Choose to Work For Your Company--and Stay!

While paying highly competitive salaries may seem like a way to prevent high turnover of a workforce, many other factors are involved to create employee loyalty. And with the 5-year retention rate of employees down to 52.8% (from 55.4% in 2007), here are a few other factors to review that help other...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-01-2008
Are You an Agent of Change?

"True change agents have a track record of seeing around corners, and their visions of the future will not let them rest." This statement from Jack and Suzy Welch (BusinessWeek, Oct. 20, 2008) illustrates a major factor that makes change agents so much different from their peers. They believe...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-22-2008
Managing in Tough Times

One side of leadership that has its own importance is how you manage during the bad times. Everyone can smile when things are going well, but the true mark of your leadership is how you respond during times of crises. Jack and Suzy Welch offer 4 points for leading during tough times (BusinessWeek, Oct...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-08-2008
No Urgency, No Change!

Most attempts at organizational change fail, according to John P. Kotter, author of A Sense of Urgency, because the agents of change did not generate high enough levels of urgency within leaders, managers and employees ( BusinessWeek , Sept. 15, 2008). Furthermore, the process itself did not generate...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 09-09-2008
Count Results, not Hours

Approximately 55% of white collar workers take cell phone calls or emails after office hours all or some of the time, according to a BusinessWeek poll (Sug. 25, 2008). As technology continues to expand the ease for 24-hour availability, managers and leaders must rethink the old adage: Time + Physical...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-27-2008
Some Thoughts on Empowerment

One of the reasons I enjoy reading BusinessWeek magazine is the last page column by Jack and Suzy Welch, where I usually find an interesting perspective to consider in how I approach my leadership and management duties. Their thoughts recently on worker empowerment (August 25, 2008) are offered here...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-21-2008
Managing Differently for Gen X and Gen Y

Here are some interesting traits to consider as you manage your GenX and Gen Y employees (BusinessWeek, Sept. 1, 2008): Technology: Gen X: Keep it up-to-date and motivating; music at work, Blackberrys, IM and fast computers Gen Y: Encourage suggestions and don;t fear change; more comfortable with technology...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-18-2008
Innovative Companies Outperform the Market

Innovative companies usually outperform both the S&P Global 100 and S&P 500 indexes, according to BusinessWeek (June 16, 2008). some of those top companies include (with stock return): Microsoft, 12% Apple, 83% Nokia, 35% Research in Motion, 51% Google, 53% Hewlatt-Packard, 35% Nintendo, 77%...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-14-2008
Do Your Decisions Match Modern Times?

There's the way it's always been done. Then there's the way that takes advantage of current perspectives and trends. What path does your organization follow as it executes strategy? Take the case of Hasbro, which learned a lesson in the way it handled its online version of Scrabble. Facebook...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-12-2008
Finding Meaning and Dignity in Work

"Most people don;t want to just punch a clock. They come to work to find meaning and dignity." These words from Jack and Suzy Welch ( BusinessWeek , July 28, 2008) strike at the core of a problem that is too prevelant in today's workplace, it's the problem of mismanaging the emotions...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 07-26-2008

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