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	<title>Michael Lee StallardOpen the Books, Boost Employee Engagement  &#8211; Michael Lee Stallard</title>
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		<title>Open the Books, Boost Employee Engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lee Stallard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connection Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowledge Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Pluribus Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee motivation]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Employee engagement increases when a business opens its books and invites employees to contribute their opinions about how to improve performance.  Here&#8217;s a wonderful story entitled &#8220;A Reluctant Retailer Decides to Open Her Book,&#8221; by Jack Stack, one of the pioneers of open book management. Jack is a hero in my book.  Years ago he [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Employee engagement increases when a business opens its books and invites employees to contribute their opinions about how to improve performance.  Here&#8217;s a wonderful story entitled &#8220;<a href="http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/a-reluctant-retailer-decides-to-open-her-books/?8dpc">A Reluctant Retailer Decides to Open Her Book</a>,&#8221; by Jack Stack, one of the pioneers of open book management. Jack is a hero in my book.  Years ago he saved a business and many jobs by creating SRC Holdings from a division that was going to be shut down by its parent company.  You can read about it in a book I highly recommend entitled <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Business-Jack-Stack/dp/038547525X">The Great Game of Business</a></em>.</p>
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