Employee engagement is one of the top factors that determine an organization’s long-term success. The more personally invested employees are in their work, the more they strive to understand and contribute to your mission. Unfortunately, disgruntled employees will always be a feature of the workplace. According to multiple Gallup surveys over the years, the percentage […]
Remote work put a dent in employee morale and camaraderie. In fact, 56% of employees look forward to returning to work because they miss the things that motivated them and made them feel connected. According to a recent Office Depot study employees miss: seeing co-workers (55%) personal workspace (43%) work/life balance (37%) a regular work […]
Work from home. Seems self-explanatory, doesn’t it? But it’s not. Unfortunately, nearly 60% of HR professionals say they haven’t offered employees any training on how to work remotely, according to the MindEdge/HRCI study, HR in the Age of Workplace Uncertainty. And employees actually need some help on how to work better from home. When employees […]
Training has never been more critical to retaining great employees and preserving your organization’s skills base and passing down institutional knowledge. HR Morning’s readers are acutely aware of just how important a role training and development plays. Even as we all struggle with the challenges spawned by the coronavirus T&D is consistently among the areas […]
You want to do more than manage your remote work team. You want them to thrive. It’ll be nearly impossible to replicate the on-site work experience. But you can come close by making employees feel cared about, engaged and successful. For Facebook, which has moved to a mostly remote workforce since the beginning of COVID-19, […]
Despites its many advantages, research points to six big downsides to remote work.
Many workers worry that professional development and growth opportunities are stagnating as they continue working remotely. That’s what 9,000 executives and rank-and-file employees told Wakefield Research in a survey published in September. Wakefield found that many execs and employees are generally positive about the shift to remote work. But they also have serious concerns about […]
As seasoned HR pros, you know what works well in your training and development program. And you’re familiar with many of the most common training and development mistakes. But some still sneak under your radar, even some that seem obvious once you look for them. Let’s take a look at five common aspects of training […]
Employees need to feel consistently supported and appreciated for the long haul, and that’s where “longboarding” comes in.
