Engagement surveys can tell you how people feel. These guides and essays from Eric Himes help leaders see the patterns underneath that score — and practice a clearer way of leading. Start with a hub, then read the essays.
Culture is the pattern of leadership behavior. Here is how to build it after the score is in.
Beyond surveysThe survey is a diagnosis. Culture changes when leadership behavior has a weekly rhythm.
Leadership behaviorIf culture matters, it has to be visible weekly — habits, ownership, and growth, not only a score.
Manager developmentThe manager is the culture people actually get. Here is how to develop that lever after the survey.
Leadership patternsStrengths name talent. Surveys name feeling. 50 Masks names the patterns that limit leadership.
The company depended on him because he had unintentionally taught everyone else that he would.
Leadership patternsThe more The Fixer solves, the less others learn to solve. Helping becomes the limitation.
Beyond surveysMost annual reviews document problems leaders should have addressed months earlier.
Manager developmentCulture breaks when leadership stays the same but the environment changes.
Leadership behaviorWhen clarity is low, effort increases but results do not. The future belongs to the clearest leaders.
Leadership behaviorGrowth that cannot be seen is difficult to guide. Leadership that cannot be measured is difficult to develop.
Manager developmentPsychological safety is not the absence of standards. It is the presence of courage.
Leadership behaviorWhat goes unmeasured eventually becomes unmanaged. Culture is no exception.
Company culturePay may open the door. Growth, trust, and purpose are what convince people to walk through it every day.
Leadership patternsWhen we lead with masks, people follow the image. When we lead without them, people follow the person.
