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Leading an Emotionally Traumatized Workforce in the Midst of a Pandemic

Leading Blog

The result will be higher levels of trust in you and the organization, higher morale, higher productivity, and higher levels of loyalty and engagement. How a leader deals with these difficult situations sends a highly visible message. We would enjoy hearing about your leadership experiences as they relate to this topic.

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All about Hawthorne Effect in Management

HR Digest

The Hawthorne effect is a term used to describe the improvement in employees’ productivity that lasts temporarily. If you’ve been in that situation where your employees throughout a certain week seem so productive and the next week, they are back to their usual selves, you might have experienced the Hawthorne effect in management.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too. Fortunately, Akamai’s VP of Human Resources, Steve Heinrich, recognized what was happening and brought in Chuck McVinney, a management consultant with expertise in teamwork and leadership training. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009.

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Employee Turnover – The Hidden Cost

Chart Your Course

You have to understand your customer so you can provide a product people want. However, have you considered an often untapped source of new productivity and savings : Employee Retention. Employee retention is important because employee turnover costs time, money and productivity. percent in October 2009 to 3.1

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Gauging an Employee’s Emotional Well-Being in a Virtual World: Warning Signs and Ways to Help

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Guy Casablanca: Much has been written lately about how leaders can gauge productivity and performance in a virtual world. He has held several leadership roles with Batesville Casket Company, the world’s largest funeral service products provider, and was named the 2009 Human Resource Executive of the Year for Indiana.

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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. How about competing for the attention of your prospects and clients?

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The Best HR Podcasts of 2023: 9 Recommendations

HR Digest

On any fair day, the balancing act performed by the unsung heroes of a company – the human resources team (HR) , is quite overwhelming. For keeping the chaos at bay while handling ‘people’, listening to influential HR podcasts is recommended as an incredible professional resource. WorkTrends Meghan M.

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