Before you set up your company incentive program, be sure to review this checklist and get all of your information together to ensure a smooth launch and ongoing success. Determine the behavior you are trying to change: Increased sales, improved morale, customer loyalty? What do you want for an outcome? What is the purpose of the […]
The purpose equation for success at the speed of change
Aligning Purpose With People, Passion and Potential What is the purpose equation? Why is it critical to success at the speed of change? Why is it fundamental to effective leadership? Why must the purpose equation be entrenched in leadership development, management training and at every level in our lives and organizations? Let’s take a closer […]
Ideas to enhance your mentoring initiative
Have you started a mentoring program or are you thinking about starting one? This is great news, because mentoring is one of the most effective ways to transfer knowledge, keep your members energized, engaged and to help them develop important skills. Whether your mentoring initiative is informal or has a formal structure, here are a few ideas on how you can build some buzz.
Growing into our potential: Like bamboo in the wind
First published in our partner title, HR Agenda, Daniela Ploberger and Dr. Florian Ploberger discuss discovering one’s essense of being and what it means for our work-life behaviors.
Choosing the right incentives
The fact is incentives work – and basically any of those options will help you reward behavior. But let’s think about some of the pluses and minuses of each of those and see how they match up with your particular goals. And we’ll even add in one more that award providers will never mention as an option: your own company-sponsored awards.
Workplace violence: “an evolving definition”
Arriving at a universally agreed upon definition of workplace violence is difficult at best; some might say impossible. We are challenged by divergent cultures, the sheer scope of reference and the number of terms used to describe the phenomenon of workplace violence. Terms used include, “mobbing” (Leymann, 1996[1]; Zapf et al., 1996[2]), “harassment” (Björkqvist et […]
Six things to avoid when setting up an incentive program
Now that the economy seems to be rebounding – at least to the point that companies realize they need to introduce new products, attract and retain customers as well as qualified employees – incentive programs are taking off with a vengeance. While incentive programs are nothing new, many companies are just now starting to dip […]
The success ladder is gone – insights on succeeding without it in the non-linear eco-system!
Are you trying to find or climb the ladder to success? Look again. Focus on the NOW because the ladder is gone. Where did the ladder go? Well, it was knocked down in the last decade by a velocity of change, challenges, access to info/communication, increasing competition, opportunities and the ongoing transformation of life, commerce […]
Five things HR professionals can learn from Rugby
HR policies are based on law; this is why we have Harassment Policies for example. And we are certainly well-served by having HR policies that provide clarity and understanding of consequences. I would much rather communicate practices based on reasoning than enforce “rules” which implies governing the actions of many due to the behavior of a few (Hello? Dress Code policy?).