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Gallup Reveals the Formula for Innovation

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Recent research on companies that are among the most successful innovators points to one common denominator: the right culture. To probe the relationship between innovation and culture, the Gallup Management Journal surveyed U.S. workers to determine the effect on individual creativity and workplace engagement when employers emphasize developing employee talents and strengths.

Gallup Publishes Long-Awaited Follow-Up to Bestselling Management Book

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

More than a decade ago, Gallup combed through its database of more than a million people to figure out what the world's best managers did differently. What emerged was the national bestseller First, Break All the Rules. Now comes the long-awaited follow up -- 12: The Elements of Great Managing. The new book profiles great managers and draws insights from a database that has grown tenfold in recent years.

Gallup Study: Engaged Employees Inspire Company Innovation

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

When it comes to innovation, business leaders are counting on ideas from their employees, customers, and partners to help drive the organization forward. And engaged employees are most likely to contribute those innovations, according to a recent Gallup Management Journal survey of U.S. workers.

New Book Explores Why Relationships Succeed or Fail

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the value of friendships in our society across both our private and our public lives. The results are startling, provocative, and certain to change the way we look at friendships forever.

Dilbert Is Right, Says Gallup Study

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The less you like the physical surroundings of your work environment, the more likely you are to be dissatisfied with your job. Read this and other results from the GMJ's latest survey of U.S. employees.

Gallup Study: Feeling Good Matters in the Workplace

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

According to the latest national Gallup Management Journal survey, happy employees are better equipped to handle workplace relationships, stress, and change. And no one plays a greater role role in their well-being and engagement, the survey finds, than their supervisors.

Gallup Study Reveals Workplace Disengagement in Thailand

Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

A recent Gallup Organization Employee Engagement Index survey in Thailand revealed that "engaged" employees -- who are often a company's most committed and productive workers -- make up only 12% of Thailand's employee population. Not surprisingly, disengagement has a big impact on the Thai economy. Gallup estimates that lower productivity of actively disengaged workers costs the Thai economy as much as 98.8 billion Thai baht ($2.5 billion U.S.) each year.

Gallup Study: Unhappy Workers Are Unhealthy Too

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The extent to which employees are engaged at work has a dramatic impact on their physical health and psychological well-being, according to a recent Gallup Organization study. A majority of actively disengaged employees -- 54% -- say they think their work lives are having a negative effect on their physical health.

New Book Shows How Positivity Increases Productivity

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

While the daily headlines are full of information on the staggering cost of disengaged workforces, the authors of How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life focus on the other side of the equation: the impact that positive interactions make on people’s lives -- both at work and at home.

Gallup Study Finds That Misery at Work Is Likely to Cause Unhappiness at Home

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Employees who aren't engaged in their jobs are more likely to be unhappy in their personal lives, too, according to a new Gallup Organization study. Gallup found compelling differences between employees who are engaged in their jobs (those who identify with their work and actively promote company objectives) and employees who aren't engaged, in their responses to questions about their personal lives and their lives in general.