1: The trouble began when Bill was given a new assignment.
He traveled extensively around the world as part of his job. He would be in charge of a project in the Far East.
“The CEO had begun paying special attention to me, calling me directly, often bypassing my boss.” Bill recalls in Fred Kofman’s book The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“Before this project,” Bill explained … continue reading
1: The news about employee engagement is distressing.
“For more than thirty years, the Gallup Organization has run in-depth behavioral economic research on more than twenty-five million employees across hundreds of U.S. organizations,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
First, the good news. The Gallup data shows that workgroups in the top quartile of engagement achieve strong financial results.
“Their profitability and productivity … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring ideas in Fred Kofman‘s book The Meaning Revolution. Fred believes that to be a truly successful leader, “We need to make our lives … continue reading
1: We are finishing up another school year.
As parent-managers, we want our children to do their schoolwork before they play. So, we try to motivate them.
“I incentivize them by threatening to take away their iPhones if I see them using them before their work is done,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“I add a carrot to the stick, promising that … continue reading
1: “People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets, even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it,” observed W. Edwards Deming, the eminent scholar and management theorist.
Our “real job” is to help our company win, Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution. “That is, to accomplish its mission profitably and ethically.”
But that’s not what we … continue reading
1: In 2014, Veronica Block called Comcast. She wanted to cancel her internet service.
“She was immediately transferred to a ‘customer retention’ representative who argued with her for ten minutes about why she wanted to cut off the service,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“Every time Veronica asked the representative to simply terminate the service, the rep argued with her,” Fred notes. … continue reading
1: It was a brutally hot day in Las Vegas.
The conference room where the meeting was being held was freezing, however.
“The participants of my ‘Conscious Business’ workshop pulled their jackets tight and grimaced. They weren’t just cold; they were pissed off,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“They looked at me icily,” Fred remembers. “I’ve been in situations like this many … continue reading
