In July 2004, the Gallup Organization put the dollar cost to US business, of actively disengaged workers, at $300 billion. In July 2009, the BBC World Service reported a $180 million cost to United Airlines, when Dave Carroll’s viral video “United Breaks Guitars” led to a share price drop of approximately 10%. www.longislandexchange.com Carroll’s band [...]
Tag Archives: Organizational Development
Trust and understanding between collective and individualist cultures
Many organizations are staffed by a mix of people from individualist cultures (e.g. USA, Canada, Western European cultures) and collectivist cultures (e.g. Latino, Asian, African cultures). Building trust and understanding between these diverse groups is not easy, either for the team members concerned, or for managers and learning specialists who facilitate the process. Everyone has [...]
Retaining valuable “women who don’t ask”
Research shows that even young, highly-educated and assertive women do not ask for what they want, or know how to maneuver their way through systems that penalize them for asking. The cost, to both women and organizations, is high. Research proves that when women do ask for what they want, they do not do so [...]
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