One In Five Doctors Intend To Leave Medicine Altogether. Let’s Talk About Why.
Healthcare is facing enormous hurdles. Dr. Goldman, host of CBC’s radio series White Coat, Black Art, recently looked at doctor burnout. According to the Canadian Medical Association, more than half of Canada’s doctors may be suffering from burnout. And in the U.S., it’s even higher with nearly two-thirds of doctors feeling depressed, burned out, or both. Meanwhile, a 2017 […]
Survey Reliability vs. Survery Validity: What’s the Big Deal?
You may ask yourself or find others asking you about the “reliability” or “validity” of data that comes out of employee surveys. It’s not uncommon for those two words to be used interchangeably. But in the field of data research, the two are far from synonymous. Why is it important to know the difference? Because […]
Survey Saturation: When Is Too Much Of A Good Thing Too Much?
Pulse surveys, engagement surveys, 360 surveys, attitude surveys, organizational assessment surveys, safety surveys, entry and exit surveys – the possibilities are endless. And online survey tools make it easy. At a recent HR chapter meeting, a question was raised about survey saturation. When does asking for employee input become one survey too many? It really depends on […]
Public Service Work Doesn’t Have to be Dismal
Questions around the differences between public and private sector employee engagement badger scholars around the world. In a 2012 study investigating Work Motivation Differences Between Public and Private Sector, Pakistan-based scholars Sadia Rashid and Uzma Rashid, found public servants are motivated by finding the right job fit, and experience more work-life balance in the process, while financial rewards […]
Pulse Surveys: The Right And Wrong Reasons To Do Them
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Pulse Surveys All trends take flight because they offer users a benefit over existing offerings. Pulse surveys are no different, and they can be very useful tools in understanding employee engagement and the employee mindset. However, the benefits giving rise to their increasing popularity may not be the reasons one should […]
Recruiting Best Practices Why Employee Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever
Nasty office politics, difficult managers, gossipy colleagues; together or alone each of these can fester and brew into a downright toxic, counter-productive work environment and poor employee engagement. We all wish for world peace. But let’s face it: how is that ever likely if we can’t even manage to get along at work? That’s where […]
When Growth Gets in the Way of Employee Engagement
What comes to mind when you think about successful employee engagement? Magnetic organizations and productive workforces? We equate employee engagement with business growth. But what happens to employee engagement when business growth mushrooms? Cindy Grant, VP of Human Resources for Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company frets exactly about that. Having worked her whole career in the heart of Canada’s financial […]
The Imperatives of Employee Survey Identity Protection and Confidentiality
To land the big scoop journalists work hard to gain their source’s confidence. Not infrequently, identity protection accompanies trust. Without that veil of obscurity, a lot of headline stories would never see the light of day. Deep Throat, the secret informant behind Watergate, is one of the most notorious. It was 30 years before Mark […]
The Power of Appreciation and Recognition Programs
Remember the first ever gift you made at school or purchased on your very own for your mother or father or special someone? Do you recall their oohs and ahhs of appreciation and your sense of pride? The utter satisfaction? Recognition makes us feel good. It placates our egos. It also gives others watching from […]
The Powerful Relationship of Engagement to Performance
Thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sunni mystic, Rumi, once ruminated, “Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” Unlocking the heart’s desire is at the very core of employee engagement. But engagement isn’t just a warmhearted, convivial sort of thing. Engagement is part of […]