October
2007
11 October 2007
Nearly one-quarter of U.S. employees (24%) would fire their boss if given the chance. And as many as 51% of actively disengaged workers would get rid of their leader if they could, according to a recent Gallup Management Journal survey of U.S. employees.
11 October 2007
Why are mentors such a powerful influence on their protégés? “Human see; human do” is a fundamental part of our wiring, write the authors of the New York Times bestseller 12: The Elements of Great Managing.
11 October 2007
“I think the last time I had a land line, it was in my dorm room in college." So says at least one 24-year old. Is he representative of a growing trend in phone usage? New research by The Gallup Panel reveals the answer to this and other questions.
11 October 2007
The world’s best companies unleash the power of their human systems, and the worst fail to do so. So write the authors of Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter, due out next month from Gallup Press. Here, they reveal key lessons from leading-edge organizations.
11 October 2007
Does adopting a strengths-based approach mean you can ignore your weaknesses? No, says an expert in strengths management. He explains why in this, the first of several articles that will debunk commonly accepted myths about people's talents and strengths and how they are applied at work and in life.
11 October 2007
Gallup’s World Poll, the first of its kind, reveals new findings on the “great global dream” and how it will affect the rise of the next economic empire. Jim Clifton, Gallup's chairman and CEO, offers an in-depth analysis of the study's implications for leaders.
11 October 2007
An expert on Asian economics forecasts the political and economic fate of China, examines how immigration is shaping the U.S. and Japanese economies, and tells what every business student should know.
