What Schools Can Learn from Google (Spoiler: It’s Not What You’d Expect)

From eSchoolNews, October 3, 2018 by Talia Milgrom-Elcott and Mo-Yun Lei Fong

It’s Management 101 that employees need to be inspired to create services and products that are relevant and effective. Identifying the workplaces that do the best job of keeping employees inspired, motivated, and productive has become a cottage industry. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not just to give out blue ribbons. It’s because places that are great to work in return the greatest value to their shareholders, employees, customers, and communities. Feeling fulfilled and supported at work leads employees to go the extra mile to deliver on their mission, whatever it may be, and that translates into great outcomes. Read the full article…

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