Workforce Issues

"Making a Corporate Athlete."

This piece out of the Harvard Business Review highlights the importance of corporate conditioning. The authors argue the one quality executives seek for themselves and their employees is sustained high performance while dealing with high pressure and rapid change. Throughout the article the authors identify three areas that are necessary for one to obtain an ideal performance state: physical capacity, emotional capacity, and mental capacity. They claim that performing consistently at high levels is more difficult and more necessary than ever in an ever changing workplace. When people feel strong and resilient physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually they perform better. 

1.  Loerh, Jim, and Tony Schwatz. "Making a Corporate Athlete." Harvard Business Review (2001): 1-4.

“U.S. Job Satisfaction Hits Record Low”

This is a report on a nationwide study on employee satisfaction in the workplace. It suggests that Americans continue to grow unhappy in their jobs and that less than half of Americans say they are satisfied with their careers. Ultimately career dissatisfaction has reached its highest ratings since this research was started in 1995. The piece contains a breakdown of the results from the study and provides a variety of important information on job satisfaction.

2.  “U.S. Job Satisfaction Hits Record Low” Special Consumer Survey Report: Job Satisfaction, the Conference Board – September 2003, Executive Action Report #68.

"Building the Civilized Workplace."

See Employee Engagement

3.  Sutton, Robert. "Building the Civilized Workplace." Adapted From The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, New York: Warner Business Books (2007): 1-4.