The Underdog Workforce
That's not a reference to the cartoon or a fairly recent movie that you won't find me watching. I've come to believe that rooting for the underdog in a sports contest is something genetic within me. I know my father was that way while I was growing up and he still watched sports. He doesn't any more for a variety of reasons irrelevant here. The reason I feel that it's at the core of who I as created to be has much more do with my desire to see those in entry levels of employment rise to higher levels of performance. Which doesn't mean leave their jobs if they enjoy what they're doing. For me, it means more often helping leaders and managers in the organization understand that every level of employee engagement is required to achieve profitability. Too often I have found managers or owners that have no empathy, minimal respect or even disdain for those in their employ that don't share in ownership. ...