The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader
by W. Chan Kim, Renée A. Mauborgne
Blue Ocean Leadership
IT’S A SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE WORKPLACE: Just 30% of employees are actively committed to doing a good job. According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report, 50% of employees merely put their time in, while the remaining 20% act out their discontent in counterproductive ways, negatively influencing their coworkers, missing days on the job, and driving customers away through poor service. Gallup estimates that the 20% group alone costs the U.S. economy around half a trillion dollars each year.
What’s the reason for the widespread employee disengagement? According to Gallup, poor leadership is a key cause.
Most executives—not just those in America—recognize that one of their biggest challenges is closing the vast ...
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