The Employee Happiness & Engagement Crisis: Why Leaders Must Act Now Employee engagement has always been one of those subjects that slips between the cracks. Everyone knows it matters. Everyone agrees that disengaged employees cost money, drag down performance, and hurt culture. Yet, despite decades of research, workshops, and leadership seminars, engagement levels are sliding,…
Employee Motivation
Carrot and Stick
The Carrot and Stick feature image for this post is “Europe 1916” by Boardman Robinson. Anti-war cartoon depicting Death enticing an emaciated donkey towards a precipice with a carrot labelled “Victory.” The whole “carrot and stick” narrative is intergenerational and will never end. We have all heard our grandparents talk about “the youth of today”…