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Exit Interviews: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Exit Interviews: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Losing staff is a fact of business so how can we still make it productive? Exit interviews present an opportunity to learn about your business. It is a chance to reflect on the employee experience and get candid feedback from someone who’s decided to leave. Taking the time to assess whether …
What do employees really want from their employers and job?
Is it money, fame, bragging rights, remote work, no dress code, corner office, expense account? What is it that employees really want from their place of employment? If we really dig into it, once extrinsic benefits such as salary, fair treatment, and benefits are at an acceptable level, intrinsic benefits become comparatively underserved. Intrinsic benefits? These are the psychological rewards …
What is a “Position Agreement” and How To Use One To Set Expectations Between Managers And Employees
The vast majority of job descriptions under-serve employees and yield little inspiration or clarity. With at least 50% of the workforce in a perpetual state of confusion with regard to what is expected of them, you begin to wonder if we can do better. We can. It starts by ‘getting in sync’ as Ray D’Alio explains it. D’Alio is the …
Eliminating Gender Bias in the Workplace
The gender pay gap frequently gets dismissed as a result of women’s choices. People who don’t want to entertain the thought that inequality is rife blame the ‘choice’ of women to work less hours, choose tending to their family or not demonstrating leadership. The problem is these ‘reasons’ aren’t empty canned responses. In 29 US public medical schools, 90 of …
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace
Looking at the statistics related to workplace contentment makes for pretty grim reading. Employee engagement is down to about 30%. Studies have shown that, on a scale of 1 to 5, 60% of workers feel at a stress level of 3 and above on any given work day. Work life balance is not trending in a favorable direction either. A …
Does multitasking lower our IQ and kill productivity? Here is the solution.
You have a huge project due on a fast-approaching timeline. You are rushing in early and working later than you’d like but the job doesn’t get much closer to being finished. You just can’t get into a solid rhythm. Your phone keeps buzzing, meetings keep happening, and you are still accountable for other tasks. Sound familiar? Of course it does. …