Not long ago I worked with a mid-sized manufacturing plant in St. Louis that had a remarkable record of attracting and keeping in-demand workers. Although … Read more
How Recognition and Rewards Fit Into An Internal Mobility Program
A common job interview question – “Where do you see yourself in five years?” – may actually have a simple but undesirable answer for much of … Read more
How to Engage and Retain Your Millennial Workers
Millennials make up 35% of the work force. In 2020, that number will hit 50%. Although perks are enough for some, millennials, particularly those with a … Read more
Why You Need To Stop Pretending Your Exit Survey Is Useful
Let’s say you have an employee, Eric, who has decided to leave the company. Shortly before his last day, you ask him to fill out an exit survey. Once you … Read more
Everything I Know About How to On-board, Engage, and Retain New Employees, I Learned from …
My daughter-in-law is a kindergarten teacher and, when I started to write my book, The Five Firsts: A Simple System to On-board, Engage, and Retain Top … Read more
The ROI of Improving Employee Engagement
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 25 … Read more
When the Work Makes Working Fun, You’re Becoming Best-In-Class
Recognize This! – Companies that encourage fun at work, as well as in work, are well positioned to succeed. Outside of our working lives, we are faced with … Read more
Measuring Employee Happiness the Low Tech Way
As we develop and put in place ever more sophisticated talent management tools and systems, featuring increasingly granular tracking systems and flashy, … Read more
An Engagement Checklist For Managers
Gallup’s State of the American Workplace Study highlighted the single greatest thing you can do to increase employee engagement: hire the right managers. … Read more
5 Strategies For Improving Engagement
A universal truth in the world of HR is that employee engagement is the foundation upon which many other successes are built. Last year, research from … Read more