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Resource Management Warning Flag 3 – Marginalizing Employee Contributions

Strategy Driven

Doing so causes employee dissatisfaction, burnout, and unwanted attrition. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Relate Articles: Resource Projection Warning Flag 1 – Assumed Discretionary Effort. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Stop Complaining About Your Colleagues Behind Their Backs

Harvard Business Review

Like the erosion of trust, hurt feelings, decreased morale, damaged reputations, reduced personal and professional credibility, increased anxiety, divisiveness, and attrition. Despite the high costs of gossip, the drive to engage in it is strong.

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3 Ways Tech Companies Are Offering Parental Leave

Harvard Business Review

A 2013 study by Laurie S. This fuels attrition : mothers often leave their employers not because they have lost their career commitment, but because their employers assume they have—and good work dries up. Female leave-takers risk triggering a documented stereotype —mothers are less competent, less committed to the company.