The road to greatness is littered with workplace obstacles. Do your employees know how to work around the most common ones? There’s a good chance they don’t — and it’s usually because they don’t recognize what’s getting in their way. That leaves employees less effecient than they — or you — would like them to […]
Employee engagement is critical to every organization’s success — so you likely need employee engagement ideas all the time. Just 32% of employees are fully engaged at work right now, according to a Gallup index. And almost 20% are actively disengaged. This great divide between full-on engagement and total disengagement can cause big problems in […]
Employee burnout has a long-term impact on employees’ well-being, workplace culture and the business’s bottom line. A recent WHO analysis of data from 2016 found that working 55 or more hours a week increases someone’s risk of a stroke by 35% and raises their risk of dying by ischemic heart disease by 17% compared to […]
Front-line managers get the awesome responsibility of setting the mood at work almost every day. Say something worthwhile — and BAM! — you boost productivity, engagement and culture. Those are some of the most powerful things a boss can do. There’s serious, long-standing research to prove this, too. Gallup has found in the 20 years […]
HR leaders and front-line managers: Don’t underestimate the power of a few kind words. The right words at the right time can have a serious impact on how well teams perform and how effectively you can build a positive work culture. Small start for positive work culture Small shifts toward more positive communication can boost performance […]
Why is feedback so often met with excuses and resistance? You probably know the kind of pushback — that immediate reaction of “But I didn’t do anything wrong!” Employees may not be 100% correct about their innocence, but the managers giving feedback may be partly to blame for the resistance. Here’s why: Half of managers […]
Employee cross-training is the process of training employees for skills and job roles they weren’t initially hired for. Cross-training allows members of the team to switch between specific roles and even team types when necessary, which is useful if a team member is out sick or on leave. The benefits of cross-training, however, go far […]
HR leaders don’t let good work and extra efforts go unnoticed. But your front-line managers might not recognize the power of recognition. Employees who feel appreciated by their boss are incredibly more engaged than those who don’t feel the love. In fact, researchers at The Energy Project and Harvard Business Review found appreciated employees are: […]
Difficult behavior runs the gamut — some of it intentional, some of it not. But it all has this one thing in common: You want to get the employee back on track. And most managers have to deal with it much more than they’d like. “You’ve probably tried to help those employees before,” said Kevin […]
