
…es, different industries and organizations for over 30 years, one of the distinguishing truths that I observed about great teamwork is the importance of the leader and his or her approach. The commitment of the leader to a team, the quality of the leader to share the success with the team, and the intellectual & emotional capacity of the leader to have an appeal to a variety of personalities, are all critical ingredients.
Expert analyst Josh Bersin shares in this piece that over the last two decades, businesses have begun inching away from the classic “competitive evaluation” model that harshly ranked people, and adapting the “coaching and development” model that embraces a growth mindset. Because of this shift, the way we set goals, track progress, and manage people have changed almost entirely.
15Five’s research on employee engagement found that the vast majority of employees who received little or no feedback were actively disengaged. Workforce engagement went up dramatically when employees received examples of constructive feedback…