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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? …

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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 …

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Does multitasking lower our IQ and kill productivity

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 …

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Beginners Guide to Employee Engagement

Beginners Guide to Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is the biggest evolution in human resource and performance management strategy in the last 20 years. It deviates from the old carrot and stick extrinsic motivators and gets to the heart of what drives employees. Engagement centers around aligning employees’ career goals to that of the business and has been generating staggering economic …

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How can I motivate my team and employees? Try Frederick Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory

What makes people happy and motivated at work is what they do. What makes people unhappy is the situation in which they do it. Frederick Herzberg Motivation is a fickle source of fuel in today’s workforces and it is resulting in inconsistent productivity and output. Most companies see employees accomplish most of their tasks on …

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