The words “employee engagement” are being used (or possibly over-used) in recent discussions in the business community regarding employee attitudes and performance in the workplace. A word or phrase repeated often enough becomes the ” buzz word” of the moment. What happens next is that the word or phrase loses value and we feel justified [...]
There’s an interesting thing that happens with humans once they know a job or task and they feel they know it well.They start to get bored or take it for granted. Whereas initially there is a challenge to learn the job, eventually it becomes second nature. Maybe humans are wired that way so we [...]
Employee engagement is being talked about a lot and well it should be. All companies that want to succeed also want engaged employees. These companies want employees that are committed to the success of the company, success of their teams and give the discretionary effort to see it flourish. When the employees are satisfied, know [...]
First we will get the pay out of the way. Though employees should be paid market value because this is simply fair, pay is not a long term motivator but it certainly can be demotivating. The pay scale should be understood by employees along with market values with the ability to ask [...]
What do you want to accomplish? This is something that should be thoughtabout and decided. Working at a company can advance careers, heighten reputations, assist in getting new jobs, and develop a person. Without knowing what is being worked towards and having a plan, making goals and especially taking action – nothing will happen. Yes [...]
What do you want to accomplish? This is something that should be thought about and decided. Working at a company can advance careers, heighten reputations, assist in getting new jobs, and develop a person. Without knowing what is being worked towards and having a plan, making goals and especially taking action – nothing will happen. [...]
Types of bosses that leave something to be desired: Vain There is a problem when a person cannot see another’s perspective. Its bad enough is someone thinks he or she looks better than everyone else. When that person, especially in a boss situation, makes the employees feel like they are inferior to the boss, [...]
There are symptoms that teams are beginning to not function well even if they have in the past. These manifest in different ways. The most obvious are that more absences begin to happen along with people being late. But more will occur that has to do with attitude. Employees will seem to lose energy with [...]
Have you ever experienced poor customer service? I’ll bet that at least 99.9 % of the people reading this article will answer yes. Now I suppose most of the time many of us will pass that off as just a bad day or one bad employee. Perhaps it is and yet if most people have [...]
To really solve a problem it needs to be identified first, here are seven signs of a dysfunctional company leadership: I am better than you effect. When executives make decisions in without input or communication always separating themselves in their expansive offices, it creates a divide between management and employees. Though I have seen [...]