Ethikos Editor’s Weekly Picks: We Don’t Shun Unethical Coworkers If They’re High Performers

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We Don’t Shun Unethical Coworkers If They’re High Performers

Rebecca L. Greenbaum and Matthew J. Quade for Harvard Business Review:
Organizations are typically encouraged to take a hard stand against employees’ unethical behaviors. After all, scandals at Enron, Arthur Anderson, and AIG have shown that unethical behaviors can tarnish an organization’s reputation, lead to considerable monetary losses, and even result in legal prosecutions and corporate shutdowns. Read more

The Missing Piece in Changing Employee Behavior

Shlomo Ben-Hur for International Institute for Management Development:
Though it is hardly ever listed in job descriptions, changing employees’ behavior is an important part of any manager’s work. Whether it is helping people to develop and improve at what they do or getting them to do new things in new ways, enabling behavior change just comes with the territory. Read more

5 Ideas to Improve Employee Engagement Today

Marla Gottschalk for The Office Blend:
I’ve been reading a lot of James Altucher’s work lately. I’ve tried previously to connect with his posts, with little success. However, this time around his advice resonated. In one recent post, he posed a challenge to think of 10 ideas a day. Granted — he issued a warning that this exercise is more difficult than it seems. Read more

How Business Leaders Understand Purpose Reveals a Lot about Corporate America

Shannon Schuyler for The Huffington Post:
Purpose is top of mind for me every day. It’s my job to think about how to activate purpose in our firm, not just as a well-crafted tagline, but as a real commitment that drives decision-making, inspires our actions, and serves as the foundation of our organizational culture. Read more

How Often Should You Measure Employee Engagement?

Jacob Morgan for Forbes:
I recently gave a talk at an organization where I learned that they measured employee engagement once every two years via a survey that consisted of around 120 questions. It’s not their fault, many organizations do this and there isn’t a lot of discussion around how often this should be done or how many questions this should consist of. Read more

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