Company Culture
Reason #4 why employees quit: poor organizational fit
Disengagement can be caused by misalignment with jobs, managers, and teams. Here’s reason number four why employees quit.
Shannon Howard · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement
Reason #3 why good employees quit: team fit
There are four forces of employee disengagement and poor team fit is number three on the list. (Previously we’ve covered poor job fit and poor manager fit, which are reasons one and two.) Top organizations are built on high-functioning teams. That’s because a team that’s fully aligned is greater than the sum of its parts; team…
Jackie Dube · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
These people problems are destroying your business—and HR can’t solve them.
Business leaders, can we talk? I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First the bad news: The vast majority of your businesses–regardless of your company size or industry–won’t reach their full potential this year. Instead, a variety of people issues will create risk for your business and destroy value. This “people tax” will…
Matt Poepsel, PhD · 6 min read
Company Culture
What is talent optimization?
Take a good hard look at your company. Is it performing at its absolute best? If you’re like most leaders, you struggle to overcome common business challenges like turnover, employee disengagement, a changing market, bad hires (the list goes on and on). In spite of your best efforts and your best intentions, you can’t quite…
Erin Balsa · 9 min read
Employee Engagement
How to motivate frontline employees
Just because you ask cashiers to collect email addresses from customers doesn’t mean they will. They might not cross-sell products like you ask them to either, or even embody your brand promise of customer service. Motivating your frontline employees— i.e. cashiers and customer service reps—to support your business goals can be a struggle. You might consider…
Erin Balsa · 7 min read
Employee Engagement
Reason #1 why good employees quit: job fit
I quit. Those are the two words you least want to hear from a high-performing employee, especially if you’re running an SMB where maintaining headcount is all the more critical. It takes time to find good talent—and employee turnover costs add up—so losing even one worker can hurt. So why do good employees quit? If…
Erin Balsa · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
Engage your grinders to improve employee engagement
Employee engagement is a buzzword for managers these days, and for good reason. We know that engaged employees are more likely to be productive, displaying more discretionary effort. With these benefits in mind, you can see that engaged employees are the key to a productive and profitable workforce. But when it comes to improving employee…
Erin Balsa · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
5 inspiring human resources quotes for HR professionals
As a leader, you should always strive for continuous learning and personal development. One smart habit to adopt is a morning routine: highest achievers have one. Try waking up early to begin the day with positive thoughts and some reading to help you improve yourself. Here are five inspirational HR quotes to get your day…
Erin Balsa · 4 min read
Company Culture
Friday Forward: How a weekly email changed the way I lead
Several years back, I started the simple practice of sending out a weekly Friday email to my employees. That seemingly little habit has changed my company, helped me to be a more inspirational leader, and it’s even transcended my organization and impacts tens of thousands of people around the world today. This is the story…
Robert Glazer · 6 min read
Company Culture
5 ways to reward employees for standout performance
Decrease turnover and improve employee performance by using these techniques to reward your employees.
Jackie Dube · 6 min read
Employee Engagement
Good employees leave bad managers with these 4 traits.
If you don’t yet have access to an employee experience survey, read on to discover four reasons why good employees leave bad managers.
Erin Balsa · 5 min read
Employee Engagement
The art of giving feedback
Feedback is a little like management oxygen – we tend not to think much about it and take it for granted but when it’s absent we quickly encounter problems. We know feedback is an important element of management, and I’ve written about it on occasion, but I can’t say I’d seen a lot of insightful…
Victor Lipman · 4 min read
Employee Engagement
Workplace confidence: Your ultimate guide
When I began contemplating workplace confidence, I started to think about the confident people I work with and how they deal with both mundane and tough decisions. What was the fundamental trait they all exhibited on a daily basis, especially in times of stress and pressure? Ownership. Confident leaders and employees habitually own everything they…
Wilfred Hirst · 10 min read
Employee Engagement
3 ways to improve your Glassdoor rating
With over 48 million users and 32 million published reviews, Glassdoor is currently the No. 2 site for job searches in the U.S.
Jackie Dube · 5 min read
Company Culture
Understanding culture fit
Culture fit is an often-misunderstood concept.
Thad Peterson · 7 min read