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Research-grounded, field-tested articles from AGL Coaching on leadership, communication, and behavior change.

Leadership · Employee Engagement

The Real Reason Employee Engagement Is Dropping, and What Leaders Can Do About It This Week

Your people still care. What has changed is how much they have left to give, and what you do next determines whether that changes.

According to DDI's 2026 Global Leadership Forecast, engagement has dropped from 88% to 64% in a single year. This article explains the neurological reason behind that gap, and gives leaders three specific moves to start closing it this week.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching
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Leadership · Behavior Change

Practice Makes Permanent: How Leaders Rewire Behavior That Sticks Under Pressure

Knowing what to do differently is not the problem. Here is why leadership behavior changes when it does, and what actually makes it permanent.

Most leadership development stops at insight and wonders why behavior does not change. This article explains the neuroscience of habit formation and gives leaders a precise practice method that builds new behaviors that hold under real-world pressure.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching
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These articles are part of an ongoing series. The AGL Leadership Series covers the intersection of behavioral science, communication, and executive performance. New articles are published regularly. If you want to be notified when the next one is available, reach out here and ask to be added to the list.

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