How to Engage, Involve, and Motivate Employees: Building a Culture of Lean Leadership and Two-Way Communication (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781498777759)

n 1990, Janis Allen established Performance Leadership Consulting to help organizations of all sizes improve performance and develop people. Performance Leadership Consulting stands on the shoulders of their successful consulting careers with manufacturing, service, financial, government, and nonprofit organizations. Janis has held the positions of: Vice President and Performance Consultant for Aubrey Daniels International; Corporate Management Trainer and Performance Consultant for Milliken & Company; Plant Personnel Manager, Milliken & Company.Janis was keynote speaker at the National Conference of the Association for Employee Recognition. Drawing on three decades of experience, Janis Allen helps organizations: Develop newly promoted supervisors and team leaders; Equip supervisors and managers with skills to improve their teams' performance; Define authority and responsibility; Set goals, develop plans for productive behaviors, and give feedback and coaching; Create a positive recognition system to motivate teams and individuals; and Create a positive culture of trust, teamwork, and performance excellence.