Let’s talk about goals for a minute. Every company has to have them in order to grow and improve. But they can be such a pain to achieve. And when a goal isn’t met, it’s like a punch in the gut, making it hard to stay confident about what your organization is doing. The key […]
Quantifying Your Company’s Emotional Culture
Managers tend to view emotions as something “soft” that can’t really be measured. But you can — and should — track emotions quantitatively, the same way you’d track employees’ other attitudes and behaviors: through surveys. There’s a key difference in approach, however. In a survey we’ve used in many organizational settings, people don’t tell us how they feel. Rather, […]
The Healthy Habits You Need To Bring To The Office This Winter [Infographic]
Harsh winter weather is here, and if your employees have come down with a case of winter blues, you could have a serious problem on your hands. When employees stay inside and neglect their health, they open the door for disengagement and sickness. This infographic — compiled by Limeade, a corporate wellness technology company that […]
Introverts and Extroverts: Different Management Styles
As the boss, your goal is to have all your employees operating at their peak level of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be a challenge when it comes to leading a team comprised of introverts and extroverts. How do you manage these contrasting personalities and work preferences? How do you draw out your introverts and get […]
Could you pitch your hiring strategy – Part I
Every company seems to have a well thought out marketing strategy, but why don’t they have an equally well thought out hiring strategy?
The importance of developing soft skills in millennials
A recent study by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) found that U.S. Millennials lag behind their global counterparts in a way that creates real on-the-job problems for them, their colleagues and teammates, and managers: They show a genuine lack of hard and soft skills. According to the ETS Report, U.S. Millennials “…consistently score below many of […]
Accreditation: due diligence or straitjacket?
However, it is hard to achieve excellence if a good chunk of the workforce is systematically excluded from consideration on the basis of non-credentialing.
16 Phrases That Make You Look Really Unprofessional in Meetings
47 percent of people surveyed reported that the meetings they attend are not productive. Don’t make it worse by saying these words and phrases.
New Rewards Program Set To Rock Employee Recognition
Payback Incentives™, an online employee recognition and sales incentive program originally introduced in 2006, is being re-launched as a do-it-yourself e-gift recognition system that any company can afford to use. Utilizing the 10 years of experience running programs for companies such as Delta Airlines, Volvo Construction Equipment, Leica Geosystems, Neenah Paper and many more, Payback […]