employee empowerement

Today’s post was originally published on Forbes on February 1, 2019. I’ve made some modifications to that original post.

It’s starting to happen. I hear it. I see it. Finally.

It’s not perfect, but we’re making progress. I’ll take progress at this point. It’s better than nothing.

What am I talking about?

I originally wrote today's post for Intradiem. It appeared on their blog on February 19, 2015.

Is this the secret to employee engagement?

What does "employees more first" really mean?

A while back, I wrote a post called Putting Employees More First. It's based on the well-publicized quote from Hal Rosenbluth, where he states, "... if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first."

What Happened to the Human Touch?

Think back to your last encounter with an employee of a retail store? Did that encounter meet your expectations? Did that encounter leave you ‘uplifted’ in some sense? Did that encounter, elevate your view of your fellow human beings? Did it make you feel good about this race of beings who call themselves human beings?