Turning the Tide Through Effective Employee Onboarding
News outlets spewed frenzied headlines: “The long, amazing history of quitting jobs in epic fashion” – Washington Post “Americans are quitting their jobs like crazy” – Business Insider “More Americans quitting jobs” – Reuters “It’s Great That So Many Americans Are Quitting Their Jobs” – The Atlantic Statistics from the U.S. Labor Department’s December 2016 Job […]
Work-Life Balance: Why Overworking Your Employees Makes Them Less Productive
Whether you work in a restaurant, an office, or a high-stress emergency room, a lack of productivity can occur due to excessive workloads. The problem is, many don’t understand that their employees are often not to blame when they are overworked. Employers are sometimes under the assumption that employees don’t care enough or want to […]
Workplace Health and Wellness: The Profits of Prevention and Impact on Employee Engagement
There’s a ton of research out there singing the cost/benefit praises of workplace health and wellness programs. Stats point to links between recruitment and retention, absenteeism, presenteeism, productivity and how it pays to keep healthy people healthy. Estimates suggest a $2 to $4 return on investment (ROI) for every dollar spent in workplace health and wellness. […]
Workplace Safety and Employee Engagement: How Top Organizations Tackle Work-related Safety
Workplace Safety Stats: Every 15 seconds, a worker diesfrom a work-related accident or disease. Every 15 seconds, 153 workershave a work-related accident. Every day, 6,300 people die because of occupational accidents or work-related diseases – more than 2.3 million deaths per year. Every year 317 million accidents occur globally; many of these resulting in extended absences from work. These […]
Asking the right questions for a meaningful and effective check-ins
Successful one-on-one meetings with employees are like opening a locked vault filled with treasures You’ve noticed a tinge of tension in the air. Your team isn’t playing well together, not as well as usual. Levity is missing. Deadlines are being met, but just barely. One of your group left on paternity leave several weeks ago. […]
Talent Acquisition In A Competitive Talent Market: How to Use Recruitment Experts to Find the Right Fit
HR professionals have heard the drum call: brace for a talent war. Unemployment rates are down. Job growth is on the rise. There’s a demographic transition in the works. Not enough talent supply to fill demand. Unscrupulous talent poaching and outrageous compensation packages are just the tip of a competitive talent market that’s just starting to heat […]
Seeing Employee Surveys Through a Clear Lens
Imagine visiting the Grand Canyon on a blue-sky kind of day, taking in the sweeping vistas of mountainous formations millions of years in the making. Talk about a high-level view. Sometimes your organization’s leadership can have a high-level view from their own tower offices. But things aren’t always as they seem – especially from a […]
What to do with Neutral Employee Survey Responses
The never-ending debate on employee surveys Social psychologist Rensis Likert was a visionary guru. His contributions to organizational psychology influenced businesses of the day. And his theories of participative management can be said to have shaped today’s concepts of employee engagement. But it’s the five-point scale developed for people to respond to questions that’s his greatest […]
Why Aren’t Your Employees Filling Out Your Employee Surveys?
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Why Corporate Social Responsibility Matters
Once every three months a Bay Street firm’s leadership team and employees trade wealth management portfolios for kitchen chopping blocks, and cook up good eats for those less fortunate. Every quarter, that half day of business time channeled into volunteering serves up a lot more than goodwill. Working side by side, dicing onions, wearing aprons, […]