Mark C. Crowley

Finding meaning in life isn't as simple as going after experiences that make you feel happy. Here's new research that will help individuals & organizations find greater meaning.

Here are the 5 major take-aways from Gallup's 200+ page "State Of The American Workplace" report that every leader (worldwide) should know. The research is a clarion call to profoundly change our traditional ways of managing.

A summary of the top findings from Gallup's 2017 State of the American Workplace with one big & stunning conclusion.

Most of us read Machiavelli's classic book on power, "The Prince," & those centuries-old ideas continue to shape our view of what kinds of people gain sustained influence in leadership roles. But new science from UC Berkeley;s Dacher Keltner shows that the people really succeeding in leadership today aren't Machiavelli-like at all.

Ancient Chinese philosophers put forth ideas 2,000+ years ago -- ideas now being taught in one of Harvard's most popular classes, & which have become the source material for a New York Times best selling book.

The three ancient ideas I describe not only challenge traditional western thinking, they profoundly challenge our traditional views on leadership.

Even though technology allows many people to work remotely, there are some very interesting -- and human -- reasons why the traditional office space isn't going away.

Tied to new & groundbreaking Gallup research, confirmation that millennial workers not only demand care & advocacy from their leaders -- their loyalty & engagement are fully dependent upon getting it. This article has been read nearly 700,000 times since publication.

One of 20 people interviewed for a series called "The Rewired Man." Full discussion about what it means to Lead From The Heart.

Interviewed by McQuaig's Kristen Harcourt for its inaugural "HR/Leadership Divide" podcast series.

Half-hour interview by host, leadership expert & consultant, Hanna Hasi-Kelchner. Deep discussion on what it means to lead from the heart.

The Native Society is an Aspirational/Inspirational website featuring thought leaders & Amazon.com best selling authors. Questions I was asked by its founder & CEO were intentionally more personal & philosophical in nature!

Insight I learned from being suddenly hospitalized in the ICU for a week coupled with new research on Empathy & Compassion from Stanford University Medical School professor, Emma Seppala.

Forbes Magazine puts Lead From The Heart in the spotlight calling my engagement restoring practices the future of workplace leadership.

Hour-Long Interview With St. Joseph University Professor, Dr. James Kelley. Discussion Regarding "Lead From The Heart" Became The Series' Most Listened To Podcast In Its First Week.

My Interview With Wharton Professor, Adam Grant, Prior To The Launch Of His New Book, "Originals."

25 Minute Podcast With Host, Nicole Jansen. Discussion On Why Workplace Leadership Needs To Change...And How.

Most Read LinkedIn Pulse Article, Worldwide. Over 375,000 views since publication. Two Main Conclusions: Most Companies Aren't Taking Engagement Seriously, and Those That Do Intentionally Lead From The Heart.

Podcast interview focused on why workplace engagement will only be restored when we collectively choose to lead with a greater balance of mind & heart. Interviewer is WorkLifeHub CEO, Agnes Uhereczky.

Stunning new scientific research from the Institute of HeartMath proves there are three different kinds of intuition with one of them so reliable, we're urged to rely on it when making life's most important decisions.

Clever interview questions with compelling discussion around workplace leadership.

Amazon surely gets high performance, but often at the deep expense of its workers. Best Global Workplace CEO, SAS's Jim Goodnight, shows why caring about people leads to far greater outcomes.

Insight from brand new Conference Board research that confirms employee engagement & employee satisfaction are tied directly to feelings -- & how they are personally treated by their managers & organizations. My 20th article for Fast Company Magazine -- the #1 ranked magazine in the US.

Google's understanding of workplace leadership -- independent of their perks -- is entirely state-of-the-art, and sets the standard for all organizations to follow.

Profound & truly disruptive new Gallup research -- "The State Of The American Manager" -- shows we have a shared approach to choosing managers that's intrinsically flawed. Oh, and women managers drive higher engagement, too!....

With employee engagement not improving in business, I reached out to 5 of the world's most influential leadership gurus (including John Maxwell, Adam Grant & Spencer Johnson). Bringing heart into leadership is their consistent recommendation.

As a guest on his "On Humans" ITunes Podcast, James Richman & I spend an hour discussing my book & my prescription for restoring workplace engagement.

Groundbreaking Positive Psychology research proves that the key drivers of workplace engagement all boil down to love. Seriously.

Great insight from positive psychology expert & New York Times best-selling author, Shawn Achor, which provides unique new validation for the leadership thesis expressed in my book.

My interview with Gallup CEO, Jim Clifton. His insights on what practices truly drive human engagement offer a profound validation for why business must begin to Lead From The Heart.

The surprising thing Cleveland Clinic CEO, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, had to learn before making his 45,000 employee organization one of the best healthcare providers in the world.

Human beings (employees) have greatly evolved in what they need and want in exchange for their work, yet our leadership practices have not kept up. That's all about to change in a profound way. Republished (and updated) from an article originally published in the summer of 2013.

5 recent books, all from extraordinarily successful people & leaders, prove that an entirely new model of leadership is emerging. It's profound & inspiring. A longer, more detailed version of this article is also posted on my website, http://bit.ly/1o7LbHi

More than any one practice, ensuring people are made to feel valued and appreciated for all their contributions, has the greatest impact on human motivation and employee engagement.

Leadership author, Matt Tenney, interviewed me for his subsequent article published in the Huffington Post. A link to the video of our discussion can be found at the end.

Cutting edge thinking at Google shows how it's unwise & less productive to tether employees to technology & expect them to be routinely "on" and available to bosses. Like everything I write, this is entirely aligned with the Lead From The Heart philosophy.

Two Harvard trained academics now have proved that things we say and do influences far more people than just the ones we personally interact with. The reach is huge & the breakthrough understanding very important for leaders.

The title says it all!

Gallup's 2013 Global Workforce Study reveals a stunning reason why employee engagement has fallen to all-time lows. We're putting the wrong people into leadership roles.

Leadership consulting firm, Root, Inc. interviewed me for it's Fall/Winter edition of "Watercooler." If this is your first introduction to my work, or you'd like to get a quick overview of what it means to Lead From The Heart, start here!

Retaining & attracting talented workers has become a focus at most great organizations -- but with mixed success. Here's a new & inspired technology companies like Amazon.com and GlaxoSmithKline are using to deeply engage their people. No surprise, the tool affects employees in their hearts.

My interview with Wharton Professsor, and Success Expert, G. Richard Shell. Untraditional insight on how to achieve success & happiness in life. A reminder to leaders everywhere: Be extremely vigilant in your hiring practices!

As a means to remaining competitive -- and even to survive -- in the 21st Century, CEOs across the globe are fundamentally changing their leadership practices to ensure they become known as a great place to work.

Pulitzer Prize winning authors reveal that what employees want & need are managers who can lead with both mind and heart.

Audio recording of Baccalaureate address I gave to graduating Masters and PhD students at Colorado Technical University. It provides an overview of what it means to "Lead From The Heart" and a call to action at the end. Q & A is also featured.

Traditional leadership practices have produced the lowest job satisfaction and employee engagement in modern American history. The Great Place To Work Institute asked me to describe what the future of workplace leadership will and must be in order to reverse these destructive trends. Here's my answer!

With worldwide employee engagement falling to all-time lows, I interviewed Gallup's Director of Research, Jim Harter. In an article that was the most read world-wide on the Fast Company site for over a week, Harter discloses what Gallup believes workplace leaders must now do to get workers fully re-engaged. Not surprisingly, the majority of solutions come down to heart.

My interview with New York Times best-selling author -- and Wharton Professor -- Adam Grant. He shares profound insight on how to become extraordinarily successful in life -- and in leadership! His remarkable research provides even more validation for why it's essential to lead from the heart.

My guidance to CEOs and senior executives in Europe on why traditional leadership practices no longer are effective in driving employee satisfaction, engagement or productivity. The future of many organizations is at risk should they not change. Article can be found on Page 25.

Perhaps no organization in the world approaches leadership in as an informed and inspiring way as Google. Their stock performance helps prove they've found enlightened methodologies; they very well may become the model for workplace management all over the globe. Article summarizes my visit to Google and it's senior talent management executives.

The success of the Parnassus Workplace Mutual Fund (which invests only in companies where employees are known to be happy and fully supported) proves that companies which authentically care for, value, respect, develop and recognize employees deliver consistently superior shareholder returns. Huge validation for the idea of Leading From The Heart. This article was the most read on the Fast Company site in the first week after it was published.

Famous for its perks, what makes the SAS Institute the best place to work ON THE GLOBE has much more to do with how the firm cares about its employees and routinely demonstrates it to them. Following my visit to SAS headquarters in North Carolina, and time spent with CEO/Founder, Dr Goodnight and other executives, I learned that this company is the paragon of leading from the heart.

As perhaps America's greatest President ever, Abraham Lincoln is the quintessential example of someone who knowingly, instinctively and purposely led from the heart.

Advice to investment product wholesalers on how to use "Lead From The Heart" practices to build more impactful relationships with brokers -- and drive far greater sales performance.

An interview with the Director of Research at the Institute of HeartMath, Dr. Rollin McCraty, which reveals what science now knows about the heart. It's an intelligent organ! Moreover, McCarty's work now proves that feelings and emotions drive human behavior -- truly profound new insight for workplace leadership.

Most read Fast Company article week of April 30 through May 6, 2012

Workplace leadership in the 21st Century is failing.

Job satisfaction in America has steeply and steadily declined for over a generation. Today, an astonishing 71% of all workers admit to being un-engaged or actively dis-engaged in their jobs. Never in modern history have people been so unhappy with their work, bosses and organizations.

What's needed is a new leadership model for a new age.

The needs of employees (human beings) have greatly evolved since traditional… Show more

Workplace leadership in the 21st Century is failing.

Job satisfaction in America has steeply and steadily declined for over a generation. Today, an astonishing 71% of all workers admit to being un-engaged or actively dis-engaged in their jobs. Never in modern history have people been so unhappy with their work, bosses and organizations.

What's needed is a new leadership model for a new age.

The needs of employees (human beings) have greatly evolved since traditional leadership theory was established a century ago. Pay no longer ranks tops in importance to most people as motivation to do great work.

In Lead From The Heart, I present compelling evidence that the path to re-engaging and re-inspiring workers is through their hearts. Profound new scientific and medical research proves it's the heart -- and not the mind -- that drives optimal human performance.

For people to truly thrive in their jobs in the 21st Century, they need to be made to feel...valued, respected, developed and cared for. Their work has to matter.

The results in business are clear. When we lead from the heart, people not only follow, they accomplish the most remarkable things.
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