Jim Clifton

Jim Clifton

Since 1988, Jim Clifton has served as CEO of Gallup, a leader in organizational consulting and public opinion research. His most recent innovation, the Gallup World Poll, is designed to give the world's 7 billion citizens a voice in virtually all key global issues. Mr. Clifton has pledged to continue this effort to collect world opinion for 100 years in 150 countries.

Under Mr. Clifton's leadership, Gallup has achieved a fifteenfold increase in its billing volume and expanded Gallup from a predominantly U.S.-based company to a worldwide organization with 40 offices in 30 countries and regions.

Mr. Clifton is the creator of The Gallup Path, a metric-based economic model that establishes the linkages among human nature in the workplace, customer engagement, and business outcomes. This model is used in performance management systems in more than 500 companies worldwide. He is also the author of many articles and of the book The Coming Jobs War.

Mr. Clifton serves on several boards and is Chairman of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. He has received honorary degrees from Jackson State, Medgar Evers, and Bellevue Universities.
Category: Management Fundamentals
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Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that making sure your people are properly compensated and creating opportunities for them to become “stars” will contribute greatly to success with the 21st century employee.
Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on what Gallup learned in their research about how coaching, not managing, is the low-hanging fruit if you want to claim 21st century success.
Jim Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on Gallup research that shows the criticality of having the managers that are trained in specific soft skills, in order to be successful in the 21st century.