The holiday season is a time for togetherness and peace, but in the 9-to-5 workplace it is also crunch time, when businesses close out for the year and try … Read more
Last Word: Employers Aren’t As Worried About Retention As You Think
Here’s a question that every employee, whether they be a manager, mid-level worker, or administrative assistant, always have in the back of their … Read more
When Does Retention Start — and Who Really Should “Own” It?
The biggest thing in HR and Talent Acquisition in 2016 will be retaining your employees. No, not just retaining top talent, but also that middle of the … Read more
New Survey Raises Key Question: Should You Care About Employee Happiness?
Universum has just published another fascinating survey analysis that should be required reading for any leader wondering about the engagement of their … Read more
How to Limit Your Employees’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days
When’s the last time you had a bad day at work? A recent survey by the Danish firm Woohoo, Inc., asked just this question of employees worldwide. The … Read more
A Value Proposition For Making Your Employees Feel Valued
Smart leadership realizes that to increase employee engagement and productivity across their workforce they must look beyond salary, benefits and an … Read more
To Improve Engagement, More Leaders Will Need to Truly Embrace Engagement
“If you want eggs, take care of the hen,” Inamori said in an interview on Oct. 23. “If you bully or kill the hen, it’s not going to work.” That was a … Read more
The Last Word: Nearly a Quarter of Your Workforce Would Leave For Just a 10% Raise
How much of a raise would it take for you to switch jobs? According to one new survey, not very much. I get lots and lots of surveys and research sent to … Read more
Compensation Will Be Just Fine Without Your Dysfunctional Performance Appraisals
I have been calling for the death of traditional, scored performance appraisals for a long time. Today, there is a chorus of voices singing this same hymn. … Read more
4 Ways HR Can Help to Hire and Retain Employees in 2016
HR teams are being asked to do their jobs in a very different organizational environment and do them more quickly than before The world’s biggest firms are … Read more