Have you had an
AUTHENTIC CONVERSATION
today?

In honor of Halloween, here are some scary numbers from Leadership IQ, a Washington DC based training company who surveyed 3611 employees in the US and Canada:

·   70%  of American employees say a good, trusting relationship with their boss is the foundation of job satisfaction

·   53% of American employees are suspicious that their boss is dishonest

A Globe and Mailarticle, “Why bosses aren’t trusted,” quoted Mark Murphy, chairman of Leadership IQ, saying, “When times get tough … focusing on spreadsheets seems a lot easier than talking to…

It may be less than humble to say “great minds think alike” when one of the bloggers we admire most posts on a similar theme — on the same day no less — as we did. But we're going to say it anyway.

CV Harquail, an organizational identity and reputation scholar whose blog Authentic Organizations we recommend highly, yesterday wrote this:

When managers and leaders are considering their organization’s strategy, its core competencies, and even its identity, they often forget that organizations are composed of people.

The people who compose this…