Getting Work Done 97% of employees surveyed said they could be more productive; 49% said they could increase productivity by 50% or more. 30 Source: Freedman

Getting Work Done

• 97% of employees surveyed said they could be more productive;

• 49% said they could increase productivity by 50% or more.30

Source: Freedman & Fiedeldey-Van Dijk (2003) www.6seconds.org/case

What are the 2-3 top issues in your workplace?

2012 Workplace Issues Report

Respondents

Sr. Exec-utive25%

Sr. Manager8%

Middle Manager22%Line

Manager7%

Individual / Team Member

37%

by Role

Business & Industry23%

Finance5%

Gov-ern-ment10%

Healthcare9%

Higher Education7%

Hospitality6%

Nonprofit8%

Other Prof Services14%

Primary & Secondary Education

6%Technology

12%

by Sector

Source: 2012 Workplace Issues Report, www.6seconds.org

Top Issues 2012

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Feeling a Solution?

Irrelevant

Unimportant

Significant

Important

Essential

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Number of Responses

To address these challenges, how important are your own attitudes / feelings?


Most Frequent Words

Retention 13.7%Talent 13.2%Leadership 12.3%

Communication 10.1%Competition 9.1%Change 7.4%

Alignment 7%Source: 2012 Workplace Issues Report, www.6seconds.org

Find it. Feed it. Keep it.“Retaining and attracting talent in a shrinking competitive pool. Efficiently aligning internal infrastructure to support growth and new/emerging business models.” - HR Director, Technology – USA “Retaining talents, innovations and its implementations”- Executive Board Member, Finance – Turkey “Leadership, developing new skills, increasing alignment.” - Director, Professional Services – UK

“Increase productivity. Retain talent. Work life balance.” – Senior Manager, Healthcare – UAE “Improving alignment between team leaders and retaining talent.” – Executive Director, Professional Services – Brazil “Creation of an effective talent platform.” – Director, Business & Industry – Panama


Where are the issues?

Fi-nancal /Technical34%

Peo-ple / Rela-tional66%

2012


How effective are your leaders?

How effective are leaders in your organization at driving change? To what degree is the development of future leaders a priority in your organization?

61.7%

70.9%


What do we want from leaders?

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Can

EQ h

elp?


Why or Why Not?

Awareness39%Finance

23%

Gap*27%

Training9%

Other3%

Why Isn't EQ a priority in your organization?

Alignment26%

Climate30%

Customer17%

Relationship17%

Other9%

Why Is EQ a priority in your or-ganization?


“EQ is a priority!”

Senior Executives vs Middle Managers: To what degree is emotional intelligence training & development a priority in your organization?


People? Profits?


Documents

Getting Work Done 97% of employees surveyed said they could be more productive; 49% said they could increase productivity by 50% or more. 30 Source: Freedman