Formal employee evaluations or actively analyzing your organization’s employee engagement makes it easier to recognize when you have disengaged employees.…
Individual personalities are a large part of the dynamic within a workplace. Unfortunately, personalities may be hard to read during the interview process. Sometimes an individual's true personality shines through after beginning work as an employee. Research has shown that most hiring failures come from poor culture fit rather than a lack of skill or knowledge of the job.…
You probably have a business plan for 2019. Are your most important assets, your employees, tied in? Actively engaged employees account for only 34% of the workforce (Gallup). Engaged employees love their jobs. They care about their company, contribute, believe in the mission, feel their job uses their strengths -- and work to make their organization better every day.…
The recruiting strategies discussed in Part I of this two-part series have made a significant impact in the workplaces of our clients. For example, a mid-size company that had concerns attracting candidates asked for assistance. They also had a corresponding high turnover rate. They were a sales organization, who in the past primarily searched for people with previous sales experience in their industry.…
Managerial courage is tactfully dispensing direct and actionable feedback. It is being open and direct with others without being intimidating. When you have managerial courage, you deal with people, problems, and situations head-on.…
When I returned from a trip to Japan—that I unenthusiastically agreed to—I was amazed at the level of peace that I felt. I was calm. I was thoughtful. I was … happy. At first I just dismissed this as being refreshed from the vacation, which I am sure did play a part; however, as I thought about what we experienced—and the breakneck speed at which we experienced it—I realized it was so much more than being away from work.…
Many businesses today are focused on being as "smart" as they can with hopes of becoming a leader in their industry. While being "smart" is important, what most business owners don't do is focus on making their organizations "healthy." An organization is healthy when its management, operation, strategy and culture fit together and make sense. The organization that is both smart AND healthy will be the one at a competitive advantage. Organizational health is a crucial opportunity so many businesses overlook.…
Based on our customers’ request for an entry-level coaching & progressive discipline seminar, we are once again going back to the basics. This HR seminar will identify the components of performance management, traits of top coaches, and help introduce or reinforce the importance of ongoing coaching and progressive discipline.…