employee engagement

Podcast | What is the Purpose of Business?

Purpose, vision, and mission often get bantered about in board rooms as if the words held magical powers.  They don’t. It’s the passion and action behind…

4 Types of Workaholics: Which One Are You?

How many people do you know who are afflicted with workaholism?  Our research has recognized 4 types.  You might even recognized yourself in one of the types. First, let’s…

Thankful for Your Employees? Show It This Thanksgiving

Family, friends, and health would likely top many personal lists of gratitude given around the dinner table at Thanksgiving. For most people work is probably low down on the “count…

8 Questions You Need to Ask to Turn Around Employee Turnover

If you are own or manage a business, one thing is for sure – you have had an employee quit, retire, or be terminated at the most inopportune time. And…

The Attitude Virus = Presenteeism

How many unemployed workers are on your payroll? Take a minute to think about that – it’s not a trick question. That’s because The Attitude Virus…

Creating Great Places to Work Engages Younger Workers

Employers all over the world have discovered that creating unusual workspaces for the younger generations (Gen X and Millennials) has a very positive effect on engagement and retention. In Silicon…

Know These 5 Observable Signs of Employee Engagement

Consulting groups offer hundreds of tips and solutions to improve employee engagement. But I feel they miss the mark in trying to boilerplate a strategy when describing what an actively…

Why Companies Have It All Wrong About Employee Motivation

Employee engagement of American workers is pathetic. According to recent Gallup Employee Engagement Index survey, seventy-one (71) percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively…

Why Companies Will Fail To Find Qualified Employees in 2012

Whether you believe there is a shortage of qualified candidates or an unwillingness of companies to pay the salaries skilled workers demand will be argued well into 2012 and beyond…

3 Reasons Companies Must Engage Workers

The need to engage workers, not just pay them, is a popular topic. Just type “employee engagement” into Google and you’ll quickly come up with nearly 6 million results…