You wish your employees were more engaged, so you get ready to conduct another employee engagement survey. Don’t do it. At least, don’t do it before … Read more
Both the Past AND Future Expectations Can Dramatically Impact Engagement Levels
Employee engagement continues to drive very positive business outcomes and is a vital concern for leaders around the world, but efforts to improve … Read more
The Power of Peers: They May Be THE Most Powerful Means for Engagement
Want to know how to engage employees? Perhaps the best (and obvious) answer is to ask the employees. Oracle did just that. Results of their survey were … Read more
How Employee Connections Drives Better Engagement
“Connection” is a basic human need, residing on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs just above physical safety. According to Daniel Pink’s book Drive, when Robert … Read more
Want Productive, Engaged Team Members? Create Workplace Dignity and Respect
How do leaders and team members treat each other in your workplace today? Do they interact respectfully and civilly, or aggressively and selfishly — … Read more
The Key to Engaged Employees? It’s Mainly About Better Communication
Harvard Business Review recently sponsored an Interact/Harris Poll of around 1,000 U.S. employees that asked them to rank their top complaints about … Read more
Want Higher Engagement? Multiple Recognition Channels Can Get You There
Here’s what I like about whitepapers from IBM’s Smarter Workforce Institute: They are short in length and long on data and context. I appreciate that they … Read more
The 3% Raise Dilemma, or Would You Jump Off a Skyscraper If Everyone Else Did?
OK, the title of this post is the NYC version of the age-old question, and the one I’m most familiar with you may have heard (or used): “If all … Read more
Something You Should Know: 65% of Your Workforce Is Looking For a New Job
Why are 65 percent of employees actively looking for a new job? That is not a typo. We asked our customers and our readers three (3) questions: Do you hate … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Ask Your Interviews – Did You Make Your Bed This Morning?
Believe it or not, this post’s title actually makes a worthwhile interview question. Last year, Navy Adm. William H. McRaven — the man who commanded the … Read more