Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development [link] “Golden handcuffs” is a phrase used to describe a system of financial incentives designed to keep key employees from leaving a company. She is a co-author of The Character-Based Leader, as well as the author of the Random Acts of Leadership blog.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 18, 2022

They shackle them with golden handcuffs or maybe they beat them down with unkind words. Put them in situations where they can pursue their passion while developing the skills to achieve their dreams. They believe you are going to lead them in the right direction. Maybe even help them achieve their dreams. They are dream jailers.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 30, 2010

Leadership and Sustainability: voice your opinion → Fast Friday with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com (and P. On the flip side, people who I know who don’t love their jobs but make lots of money seem to spend a lot of time throwing around words like “golden handcuffs” and seem to be perpetually stressed and unhappy.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 15, 2013

For over twenty years, he has served as trusted advisor to executives and managers at dozens of Fortune 500 and smaller companies in the areas of management effectiveness, organizational development, and process improvement. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. ’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

In doing so, they acquired extensive experience in developing sturdier equipment and materials – such as chew-proof wires — which helped them later on to gain several big business accounts in the Middle East, where similar problems stymied the multinational firms. As he puts it, he wants everyone to act like the boss.

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