Most recently, the term ‘meaning’ has entered the business lexicon. So much so that McKinsey have developed a ‘meaning quotient’ to measure the level of meaning within an organisation. ‘Meaning’ and finding meaning in one’s work has become the new holy grail, the next big thing beyond employee engagement. And yet an interesting article by … Continued
How can we get employees to take more interest in the organisation and take more ownership of their role within it? This little experiment might show you how. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist I admire alot. In a TED talk he shared some surprising results of an experiment. During the experiment, half the participants were … Continued
We’ve had IQ, then EQ and now, according to McKinsey, we have MQ – meaning quotient. MQ refers to the peak performance experience involving high stakes; excitement; a challenge; and something that the individual feels matters, will make a diference and hasn’t been done before. McKinsey states that employees working in a high-IQ, high -EQ … Continued
What role do emotions play with regards to employee engagement? Experiencing positive emotions can raise well being, encourage creativity and broaden thinking. Experiencing negative emotions can lead to anti social behaviour, narrower thinking and negativity. All emotions are part of day to day life but the balance and the context in which we experience them … Continued
How much of what you’ve done over the past 24 hours was purposeful and intentional? Due to the huge amount of writing I’m doing for my MSc, I’m not blogging as much as I should. However, yesterday I came across an article I felt I must plagiarise – it’s about being a mindful leader. Mindful … Continued
I have come across the feedforward interview (FFI) as an exciting add on to strengths based interviewing. FFI is based on the appreciative interview component of appreciative inquiry. The FFI protocol was developed by Kluger and Nir (2010) and seeks to build awareness of strengths by asking interviewees to talk through a success story, … Continued
Millennials expect to manage their own careers but they want a road map to success and expect their companies to provide it. Coaching and providing feedback to millennials could end up being a full time job for their managers. As an alternative, organisations could try reverse mentoring. Reserve mentoring shifts the responsbility for organisational mentoring … Continued
I’m about to embark on some research for my MSc – the impact of mentoring on one’s meaning (at work or more broadly). With the billions of £/$ spent on coaching each year, mentoring is an underexploited resource. And, unlike using external coaches, mentoring builds skills for the organisational mentor and their mentee. In research … Continued
This is a powerful video about the power of being authentic. As the speaker says, ‘when you have the courage to get real, amazing things can happen.’ More team building events should take the format of the one he outlines towards the end of the video but that necessitates a brave facilitation style. http://youtu.be/d4iFAAUscVA … Continued
I have become very interested in the all too often ignored concept of self efficacy and it’s impact on work performance. Self efficacy refers to an individual’s conviction (or confidence) about his or her ability to execute a specific task within a given context. It is often confused with self esteem and self confidence. Self … Continued
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