The Energizer Blog

I love it when one connection leads to another. Sid Jaffe is president of Advantage Consulting Inc, a top-notch DC-area firm

"Trust people to do their jobs and they will setup up to the next level of performance and collaboration. Sure, letting go is tough.

When gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people don't feel safe and valued at work, productivity goes down, and organizations fail...

The first 3 Factors were consistent values, long-term focus, and local leadership. The last 4 factors are:

Two years ago when employees became dissatisfied with their organization they would quit and get another job.

Think of all the money spent on designing office buildings, moving cubicles around, consolidating locations.

Seventy-five percent of newly hired executives report having trouble with interpersonal skills

Most of us have worked for more than one employer who didn't communicate well or at all with employees.

I am so furious I could spit. I need a printer that can be networked via wireless. I USED to have good luck with HP.

When someone interviews the highest-ranking woman in the history of the big four accounting firms, I sit up and take notice.

Real leadership never starts with a title or a position on an organizational chart. Rather, it begins because one feels something...

According to Wikipedia transformational leadership is an approach that is defined as leadership that creates valuable and positive change

The March issue of Psychological Science reported a study that found the happiest participants had twice as many substantive conversations

Most of the time, Seth Godin is a pretty smart guy at pointing out fallacies in thinking and performance.

Forget the emoticons and the BTW – shorthand of texting. Nearly half of employers say they expect college grads to be able to do more.

Employees have been downsized, laid off, given reduced benefits, forced to work longer and longer hours without additional pay.

Information overload equates to a staggering $1.2 trillion in wages wasted each year according to a six year study...

A Harris Interactive survey for Whitepages.com released findings on what communication modes are most open to misunderstanding.

Imagine the waste and loss that happens when we don't talk. Don't just talk to employees... communicate with them!

In a data-driven world, facts and figures are the order of the day in sales calls, employee meetings, board rooms, and political assemblies.