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Effective Leadership reduces sick leave. At least that’s what I’ve long believed based on client results.
Discretionary effort is voluntary effort. It is the level of effort over and above that required for an employee to simply get by and keep their job.
When it comes to maximising employee motivation and performance, first and mid-level managers matter much more than senior leaders. And the reason is as old as the history of human kind.
The great military and political leader of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, was quoted as saying, “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.”
In more recent times, the Corporate Leadership Council identified that fair and accurate informal positive feedback from a knowledgeable source (such as a person’s immediate manager) is the single most effective performance management lever available.
Every organisation has a purpose. A story about who they are and what they seek to achieve. How this story is framed and communicated is a critical part of creating an engaged, motivated and productive workplace.
Last week we took a look at the things that managers can do to make behaviour inefficient, and thereby ensure poor performance from their team. This week we’ll take a look Gilbert’s model for engineering high performance. And we’ll compare the factors in that model with the key drivers of employee engagement identified through global research.
Employee engagement, or employee motivation if you prefer that term, is important to you and your organisation. There is now considerable evidence from many sources that low employee engagement generates lower employee productivity, business unit performance and profit; along with generating higher employee theft, accident rates and employee turnover.
Like the old saying goes, practice makes perfect. Get your basic leadership skills right and then practice, practice, practice.
Creating a vibrant team that is motivated with high morale can be a daunting a task. Sometimes it’s a task that can seem nearly impossible, especially if your people are disengaged with their work and the organisational culture.
When leadership concepts are applied specifically to frontline managers’ positions it is important to focus on and develop specific skills in conjunction with role’s traditional responsibilities.