Employee engagement is integral to employee retention and can help cultivate a positive work culture. Unfortunately, it appears that people are less and less engaged, no matter where they work – in-office, remote or hybrid – according to research from Gallup. In fact, the study found that 85% of people aren’t engaged at work. Engaging new […]
What’s next for employee engagement? If you haven’t asked this of yourself – or trusted colleagues and HR allies – start asking now. It’s critical because most organizations haven’t managed to move the needle on employee engagement since the pandemic started. Just 32% of employees are engaged, according to research from Gallup. That’s actually a […]
Even if you go out of your way to avoid conflict in your personal life, addressing issues and knowing how to de-escalate a situation is a critical and inevitable part of an HR role. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy, especially when it comes to difficult or confrontational employees. Keeping your cool when dealing with […]
We probably don’t have to tell you this, but we’ll at least validate it: You work with some jerks! And you aren’t alone. Because there are a variety of jerks, nearly every company and team has one (or some). “No matter how educated you are or what your job title is, you can fall victim […]
What is organizational resilience? With a volatile market, rising inflation and effects of the COVID pandemic, your company’s ability to adapt to change – known as organizational resilience – is crucial. Organizational resilience is “the ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to […]
Did COVID-19 derail meaningful work? And if so, should HR care about making work meaningful again? Bottom line, yes! And yes! When organizations re-focus on meaningful work they’ll likely take employee engagement to new highs and reduce turnover to new lows. Employees who find meaning and purpose in their work are more engaged, productive, innovative […]
One year out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2021 release of 50 newly defined occupations of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), the baseline is stabilizing – let’s look at what changed. Perhaps as a response to the tectonic shifts in the labor market caused by COVID-19, the 2021 update arrived faster than expected. BLS […]
The last two years were full of HR lessons – and this could be the most important: Resilience makes a difference. It likely helped you trudge through volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. And now, resilience – the ability to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges and change – is a critical business strategy. At […]
Workplace conflict happens all the time: Individuals disagree. Teams compete. Employees bicker. Executives go head to head. In fact, conflict eats up more than two hours of each employees’ time weekly. That’s to the tune of about $359 billion in paid hours, according to the CPP Global Human Capital Report. Those are hours focused on […]
