no_cat articles from Mark Murphy and Leadership IQ

Videos: Clips of Mark Murphy's Speeches and Leadership Training

Mark Murphy, is the founder of Leadership IQ, a New York Times bestselling author, a contributor to FORBES & LinkedIn. And he’s lectured at The United Nations, Harvard Business School, Microsoft, IBM, MasterCard, Merck, and more. Because we've gotten so many requests for one simple page of clips from Mark's speeches, we made this post.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 08 September, 2015 Leadership Skills, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

Data: Employees Need More Resilience

Leadership IQ recently conducted a study involving over 30,000 employees. And among the many questions we asked was "When I really make a mistake, I immediately start looking for another chance to try again." You can see from the chart below that there's a lot of room for improvement on this issue...

Posted by Mark Murphy on 25 August, 2015 Employee Engagement, no_cat, no_recent, Research, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Employee Engagement Data: Do you recommend your company?

One of the most common employee engagement survey questions is "I recommend this company as a great organization to work for." So the employee engagement data below comes from a survey of 20,216 people from various size organizations. What you can see from the interactive chart is how organization size is related to employee engagement scores.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 14 August, 2015 Employee Engagement, no_cat, no_recent, Research, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video: If You Want More Effective Meetings, Use This Tool For Ending 17 Minutes Early

Want more effective meetings? Here's a very simple way to cut 17 minutes from almost every team meeting you sit in. Have a statement of achievement. What is that? Well, we did a survey recently. We asked people coming out of meetings: "Was the meeting you were just in, did it accomplish its original objective?" We gave people 3 choices, "yes," "no," and "I have no idea."

Posted by Mark Murphy on 02 July, 2015 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

Data Shows That Every Recruiter Needs To Start By Defining The Right Attitudes

It’s pretty hard to recruit a high performer if you don’t know what attitudes define being a high performer. And yet, that’s exactly what most companies are doing to their recruiters. At Leadership IQ, we recently surveyed 656 human resources executives and asked them to what extent their organization had clearly and scientifically defined the attitudes that distinguish the highest performers from everyone else.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 01 July, 2015 Hiring for Attitude, no_cat, no_recent, Research, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video on Goal Setting: Are SMART Goals Dumb?

Every company on earth has set SMART Goals. But does that mean they're effective? Not if the disturbing research we've done on goal setting is any indication. In this video, Leadership IQ Founder Mark Murphy talks about some potential problems with SMART Goals.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 25 June, 2015 Goal Setting, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

Why The CEO Gets Fired (Change Management And More)

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t's a commonly-held belief that the CEO gets fired (or forced to resign or retire under pressure) because of "current financial performance." But that's wrong, according to a study by LeadershipIQ.com. It found that 31% of get fired for poor change management, 28% for ignoring customers, 27% for tolerating low performers, 23% for denying reality and 22% for too much talk and not enough action.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 22 June, 2015 Leadership Skills, no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5 | Read more →

Video: How to Conduct a 'No Homework Meeting'

Posted by Mark Murphy on 20 May, 2015 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_30, sb_ad_5, Video | Read more →

Video: How To Speak To An Impatient Boss