It’s no shock that employees wasting time is a touchy subject at work. Whether you’re a salaried or hourly employee, it’s inevitable that employees waste time in some capacity at work. Even so, employees want to keep their work distractions…
Performance Management
So what's wrong with employees? Why aren't they motivated? Why don't they hit goals or meet expectations? Why won't they tell us what's eating away at them? Sometimes it's difficult to find the answers. And unfortunately, there's proof that employees…
Congratulations -- you got the promotion (or got the pleasure of giving it to a worthy employee). The caveat: No raise. It's a dry promotion -- promoting an employee without giving a pay raise -- and it's a growing trend…
Do you take care of employees in the best possible ways, setting them up to succeed and help your organization flourish? You probably try. And there's a name for the effort: Human Sustainability. It's important these days because people are…
One of the greatest challenges for overwhelmed HR teams is how to make use of the vast amount of data available to them, especially different labor market metrics that have the potential to be game-changing but often fail to deliver.…
Employee performance reviews, along with ongoing verbal feedback, are the most valuable tools a good manager can take advantage of to boost employee performance and business results. But, the value of those reviews is directly related to how well a…
The legacy approach to employee performance reviews is not only ineffective; it's harmful to your employees' morale. During an episode of the HRMorning podcast "Voices of HR," employee engagement expert, author, keynote speaker and leadership trainer Jason Lauritsen said traditional…
How will you fill the skills gap? It's a question that keeps many HR professionals up at night. (In fact, one of our experts in this episode said it's the thing that keeps him up.) HR pros lose sleep with…
From front-line workers to C-suite executives, employees throughout organizations share an all-too-common experience. Routine work is increasingly complex. And it tends to take an unnecessary amount of effort to complete. Of course, wasting effort wastes time. And unnecessary work wastes…
Whether your company is experiencing increased turnover or not, employee retention should remain top of mind. Why do all the hard work of attracting great talent only to have them leave soon after? It’s important to know key employee motivators…
You’d love to have employees working for you who always want to learn new things and grow, right? Right. Engaged employees spend more of their time working to improve their performance through training and development. They are the type of…
TikTok is known for "Get Ready With Me" videos, where influencers talk to the camera while putting on makeup or doing their hair. But there's a new TikTok trend sweeping the internet: "Get Laid Off With Me." These videos —…
Performance reviews can boost employee engagement and drive organizational success. But their effectiveness hinges on one critical element: employee goals. Yet a surprising amount of employers are coming up short when it comes to setting employee goals, according to the…
Does it seem people are unhappy at work? It should. Not only is employee engagement down, things such as anger and stress are up. And those are things you want to reduce because happy employees are critical to business success.…
Done with years of micromanaging and productivity concerns, employees want to be “Quietly Managed” in 2024. Last year saw a whole host of “quiet” trends: Quiet quitting, quiet firing, quiet cutting… but in 2024, those are out. Amid layoff fears…
Annual review season is here, but are performance reviews all they’re cracked up to be? More and more, leaders and workers alike are questioning the effectiveness of performance reviews, and whether they may be doing more harm than good. The…
