“Black Friday is the perfect time to remind ourselves of the essential truth that life is richer, more connected and complete when you choose to spend it … Read more
Overlooked Leadership Actions That Create an Optimistic Workplace
What does it feel like where you work? What about on your team? Today’s work environments are laden with low engagement to active disengagement. Employees’ … Read more
Here’s Why Gratitude Is So Good For Your Employees (and Your Business)
Over the last 15 years, psychological science has made leaps and bounds in understanding the mental and health benefits of giving and receiving gratitude. … Read more
Here’s Why You Need to Develop a Fear of Missing Out Culture
Indeed.com just released a survey with a fascinating finding: About 45 percent of workers miss their co-workers or aspects of their job when they’re … Read more
15 Employee Engagement Truths Employers Ignore at Their Own Peril
Given how much time and money has been spent on employee engagement — and how little has been shown for it — it’s clear that most employers are not doing … Read more
How to Build a Deeply Embedded Recognition Culture
Building or maintaining a positive work culture currently ranks among the top three goals for recognition programs, according to WorldatWork’s 2015 Trends … Read more
A Successful Formula: Shorter Workdays, Happier Employees, Bigger Profits
In America, we take the fewest vacation days of any developed nation, work more than 40 hours a week on average, and 28 percent of that time is spent just … Read more
Are Annual Raises Dead? Only If You Don’t Want to Gain a Competitive Advantage
An article last week from CNBC, with data from Towers Watson and Aon Hewitt, showed that the annual pay raise is essentially dead (and in Towers Watson’s … Read more
Engagement is the Key, But Here’s How You Can Maximize Employee Retention
There are many factors that go in to an employee’s decision to leave their employer – the economy, compensation, work environment, personal aspirations, … Read more
How One Totally Engaged Employee Saved the Day in the Middle of the Night
It was midnight at the Omni Hotel on Amelia Island about 45 minutes from Jacksonville, Florida. I had just been dropped off by an Uber driver after a … Read more