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The Four Vs of Employee Motivation: Velocity, Visibility, Value, and Valor

Strategy Driven

According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report, “engagement makes a difference to the bottom line,” which can have an impact on productivity, profitability, customer service, turnover, and absenteeism. Visibility. How the reward is presented is just as important as the reward itself.

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Effective Handling of Employee Personal Problems is Critical to Maintaining Workforce Efficiency

Strategy Driven

But with empathy and careful planning, successful managers and leaders can minimize the impact of personal problems in the workplace to ensure that your work force remains efficient and that normal productivity is restored as quickly as possible. You want to ensure they are on the right path to success and advancement.

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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

Today, nearly 80% of people who work for organizations with 50 or more employees have access to a wellness program, according to a 2013 RAND study commissioned by the U.S. How could these initiatives be deemed “largely unrelated” to the company’s success? Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Virgin Atlantic Tested 3 Ways to Change Employee Behavior

Harvard Business Review

At the end of 2013, we randomly allocated the captains to three treatment groups and one control group, and in January 2014, all captains were told that their flight and fuel behavior would be monitored for the next eight months. These interventions were sent to the home address of each captain in the middle of every month for eight months.

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What Corporations Can Learn From a 4,000-Person Parade Extravaganza (Seriously)

Harvard Business Review

Leaders have a large degree of autonomy and consequently develop the sense of ownership crucial to success. Mainly that building and maintaining community is crucial to success. A successful samba school such as Mocidade Alegre is a closely knit organization with a strong focus and great teamwork.

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Do You Know Who Holds Your Office Together?

Harvard Business Review

As Wharton professor Adam Grant put it in a recent New York Times editorial, “[w]hen friends work together they’re more trusting and committed to one another’s successes. million in decreased attrition, absenteeism, and overtime, it also drove a $2 million profit increase and 34% jump in highly satisfied customers.

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New Ways to Minimize Financial Concerns that Erode Employee Performance

Strategy Driven

Overall productivity, absenteeism and tardiness, and employee engagement are also affected, according to participants. A 2013 Towers Watson survey found that the percentage of employers expecting voluntary benefits to be very important to their rewards strategy will jump from 21% in 2013 to 48% in 2018.