Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Most working parents now make their career decisions based on the child care benefits they can get. Child care benefits are more of an investment than an expense since it lowers turnover rates, raises morale, and avoids employee absenteeism due to childcare. So, just how expensive is child care? Flexibility.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Absenteeism in the workplace can have a significant impact on productivity and the overall performance of the organization. As a result, many companies rely on their Human Resources (HR) department to address absenteeism effectively. There is no single solution to absenteeism that can be expected to work every time.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Absentee Leadership: Leaders who are frequently absent or disengaged from their team may come across as disinterested or lacking in commitment. Don’t Support Their Team: Leaders who fail to provide support and resources to their team may come across as unsupportive and uncaring. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Sustainable performance means your organization efficiently and effectively provides quality products and services, is blessed with low absenteeism and low staff-turnover. Schaufeli and colleagues define engagement as “a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption.”

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Strong organizational cultures are well-defined, well-supported company cultures that prioritize the company vision and strive to create a positive work environment for the entire workforce. Understanding what a strong company culture is and creating a positive work environment is necessary for any company’s long-term success.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Recent reports have highlighted instances of high-profile companies witnessing the departure of their diversity executives, laying off DEI employees at higher rates than other positions, or reducing DEI budgets. Image Courtesy – Freepik) What is the importance of DEI in a career and how has it shaped the workforce today?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

The presumption is that one has to sacrifice entrepreneurial dreams in order to be successful at a specific career choice. Position Yourself with a Better Financial Portfolio: Quitting your job and then applying for a small business loan is a recipe for disaster. Often lenders expect borrowers to be fully collateralized.

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HR Digest

APRIL 17, 2023

This approach could include promoting healthy lifestyles through mental health business imperatives, providing a supportive work environment, offering opportunities for personal and professional growth, and fostering a positive and healthy workplace culture. This, in turn, can lead to reduced absenteeism and improved productivity.

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HR Digest

JUNE 8, 2023

Time-to-Fill: This metric assesses the time it takes to fill a vacant position, offering insights into the efficiency of your recruitment and selection processes. Absenteeism Rate: Tracking the frequency and duration of employee absences provides insights into workforce morale, productivity, and overall well-being.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

One key indicator of leadership’s failure to impassion people and foster their commitment is absenteeism. Once I found my life work and pursued career choices that really turned me on, my health miraculously improved. When I was a kid, I didn’t enjoy school. So, I was sick a lot and stayed home.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

Our prestigious speakers equipped over 2000 attendees with practical insights and tools to make a positive impact in their organisations, not just for women, but for all disadvantaged groups. You can watch back the livestream here. What managers are struggling with It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the year!

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HR Digest

JANUARY 17, 2022

This leads to burnout , absenteeism , and turnover. . This group of people should create a positive company brand and build a company culture that promotes teamwork. Give Opportunities to Advance your Career . Unfortunately, the workplace can also be where employees struggle to cope with stress and anxiety.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

They need constructive feedback for this – both positive and negative. ” Discover Bernd on Twitter at @moreleadership. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 6 Tips for New Managers. Marcella Bremer of Leadership and Change Magazine provided Positive Culture: Attention for people.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This is not to say that the problem has been resolved entirely and mental health issues at work are entirely absent—the pressures of modern life have only heightened the internal struggles and pressures on working adults—but the positive trend towards change is undeniable.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

There are also a number of predictable consequences (organizational and employee-based) that are directly related to workplace burnout: Organizational Consequences Absenteeism–As mentioned previously, when employees suffer from workplace burnout, they work less. But providing periodic positive feedback (and Feedforward) has many benefits.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 30, 2015

She has a higher absenteeism rate than I did. • In circumstances where you are not being listened to, all your efforts are zero, you are being ignored, and it seems nothing is heading in a positive direction, you need to realistically assess your role in the situation as well as the likelihood that conditions will change.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 11, 2019

According to our analysis, a strong culture turns loyal employees into brand ambassadors who are committed to positively represent the company. Increased employee engagement and reduced absenteeism. Show your employees that you value them and want to help them progress in their careers. A strong culture of knowledge sharing.

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CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

We’ve also learned that one in two employees have left a job to get away from a manager and improve their overall life at some point in their career. The fact that you are taking the time to read this blog is a positive example. This can either be a negative or positive influence. The skills and capability can be learned.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

For Chris it had a powerful effect on his career: he had been passed up three times for a promotion he was repeatedly promised. I wanted to understand the conditions under which people did the very best work of their careers. That is a useful party trick to be sure but the result was career limiting for each member of his team.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Nearly two decades of research shows that working flexibly is akin to a career torpedo for many working moms: Those who do it are often “mommy-tracked” into less demanding, lower-paying positions, and in the worst-case scenarios, they’re pushed out of their jobs entirely.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As a leader and manager, it is quite likely at some point during your career that you will encounter employees with personal problems. It is also a function of managers to ensure that employees are happy and motivated so that they contribute positively on a long term basis to the organization. Warning Signs an Employee is Struggling.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JANUARY 18, 2010

There was a lot of absenteeism, and morale seemed quite low. I really appreciate your taking time to comment and give me positive feedback. What will I say when I get positive feedback? Heres one of my favorites. Jeff" owns a hotel in one of the New England states. Two years ago he was distressed about problems with his staff.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

During my junior year in college, I was running for leadership positions in my fraternity. Occasionally, a brother would get voted out of the chapter after a period of excessive absenteeism. To this day, I say (only half-jokingly) that learning about Deming was both the best thing and the worst thing that ever happened in my career.

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Bold pronouncements, a prominent position, gushing empathy, sitting on many committees for good causes, etc all feature regularly. Watch for signs of bullying … high absentee rates, continual staff turnover, individuals afraid to speak up in front of particular people. Share specific examples of what bullying looks like.

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HR Digest

JUNE 26, 2023

Positive Thinking: A positive mindset can help to reduce stress and improve your resilience. Try to focus on the positives in any situation and remember to give yourself credit for the work you do. Team-building activities are another excellent way to foster a positive work environment.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2018

Research shows that it leads to work-related issues such as job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, inefficient decision making, and turnover, as well as health-related issues such as depression, heart disease, and even death. 6) My current field is likely to continue to be my long-term career. 7) I am completely taken with my work.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

And despite the antisocial implications of the dark triad, recent research has highlighted a wide range of career-related benefits for these personality characteristics. You can certainly turn them into career weapons, but the group will generally lose the more you win.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last-minute promotion or delivery changes that require managers to spend their time on last-minute schedule changes, which then disrupt employees’ lives and drive absenteeism, turnover, and understaffing, all of which increases the likelihood of errors. Career paths. Take-home pay.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A few years ago, there would be an endless number of experts who could tell you how to build trust in the workplace but considering the job climate today and the unrest that employees are facing, it is quite difficult to reassure employees that their position is secure. Leadership, communication, critical thinking, decision-making, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, employee disengagement results in higher absenteeism, more accidents, lower business profitability, worse customer service, and a lower share price. One proven method is investing in specific training for frontline managers, who often are promoted quickly into that position and have never managed a team.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Scrutinize candidates on soft skills that would come in handy for the job position. Also, ask about the candidates’ career paths and goals to see if they align with what your company has to offer. These are excellent criteria to measure whether a candidate will be happy and satisfied with their position in the business.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

By analyzing employee feedback, performance data, and other relevant metrics, HR can implement targeted initiatives to create a positive and fulfilling employee experience. Time To Fill Time to fill is a metric that measures the average time it takes to fill an open position within the organization.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Servant leadership has proven successful and has a positive impact for the long term, time and again. Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. So why is it not more common?

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Servant leadership has proven successful and has a positive impact for the long term, time and again. Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. I’ve seen it my whole career. So why is it not more common?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

That sends a powerful positive signal to the younger ones, who will not feel “used” and liable to be discarded; it also contributes to the sense of community which Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue is what corporate workers desire the most. It is no wonder that corporations in Brazil suffer from high absenteeism and turnover.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

By “total health” we mean a culture that’s supportive of career, emotional, financial, physical and social well-being – not just an occasional road race. ROI in this context is generally limited to examining the tangible benefits of a program, such as a reduction in medical costs or absenteeism.

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Miles Anthony Smith

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

I hope that the positive (or mostly positive) workplaces that you have experienced outweigh the negative ones. Employees who engage with their work and like their job are 27% more likely to report an ‘excellent’ performance from management and 45% more likely to adapt positively to workplace change. ​ ​6.

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