Unexpected Forms of Employee Recognition
Employees often feel as though their efforts go unrecognized or unappreciated at work. This can lead to resentment and can even prompt employees to begin job hunting.
Tag: communication
For Best Workplace Results, Manage for Engagement
We know that managers need to make sure that employees are meeting their numbers or deadlines and keep track of their team’s performance. But if managers spent more time engaging their employees, they’d get much better results. According to Wikipedia, “An ‘engaged employee’ is defined as one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about […]
Start Building Candidate Relationships During These 3 Stages
Keeping today’s job candidates interested in your hiring process is more challenging than ever. With so many career possibilities, job seekers are keeping their options open and want to be positive a company and its culture are the right fit before they commit.
4 Steps for Improving Your Communications and Enhancing Influence
Everyone hopes to maintain a reputation that communicates trustworthiness, confidence and, most importantly, influence. Most want a quick fix, but no one can be more influential after one coaching or training session.
The Culture Killer: 3 Tips to Avoid Becoming the Next Uber
Uber built a name for itself as the company that overhauled and uprooted the traditional taxi industry. The rapid rise and success of Uber made it a household name with companies vying to be the “Uber of X” in their industry and while companies want to copy the business model, there’s one thing no one […]
How Employers Can Use Technology in Mentoring Programs
Do you have a mentoring program in your organization? Have you found that employees naturally integrate technology into their interactions?
Only 16% of Workers Say HR Communications Make Them Feel ‘Connected and Engaged’
EmployeeChannel, Inc., a provider of mobile apps for employee engagement and communication, has released the findings of a new study exploring communication requirements of nondesktop, remote, and office workers. Despite their different work environments, all three segments share a common view of the importance, frequency, and channels of communication. They also share remarkably similar expectations […]
5 Signs that Your Workplace Communications Aren’t as Influential as You Think
All leaders in a company like to think they have a strong impact on their team. But a staggering 95% of them think they’re much more influential than they actually are. In fact, most business leaders are sabotaging their influence, without even knowing it.
Avoiding Burnout for Remote Workers
Does your organization offer the possibility of working remotely? Perhaps you have a distributed workforce in which employees work from any location they like, or maybe you have a telecommuting policy allowing occasional work-from-home options. If you offer any form of remote working, it may be wise to consider how to keep remote workers from […]
4 Traits Employees Adopt That Sabotage the Workplace
In order to change bad behavior, you have to first recognize it.