Jim Clifton

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an awakening that shocked the world - a structural change in how and where people work and live. One thing we now know for certain: Nothing is going back to normal. How organisations adapt to this culture shock will determine whether they thrive or even survive and whether U.S. and global productivity will go up or...

Who will lead your workforce during rapid change? Gallup research reveals: It’s the manager. While the world’s workplace has been undergoing historic change, the practice of management has been stuck in time for decades. The new workforce — especially younger generations — wants their work to have deep mission and purpose. They don’t want old-style command-and-control bosses. They want coaches...

Since 2007, the Gallup World Poll has tracked the mood of the world. The number of people suffering—those who say their present life is miserable and have negative views of the next five years—is on the rise. Every percentage point represents about 50 million people aged 15 and over. Based on over 100 million global interviews and extensive research into...

Grounded in global Gallup research, Born to Build offers readers inspiration and motivation as well as practical steps for building an enterprise of any size from scratch. People will ask you throughout your life, “Where do you work?” and “What do you do?” They never ask you, “What are you building?” When conversations change to “What are you building?” the...