Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

A 2012 survey by human resource firm LRN Corporation found that bosses who genuinely trusted their workers and gave them more autonomy saw these benefits: less misconduct and absenteeism, as well as greater engagement, innovation, customer service and financial growth. Establish trust. Plan for fun. Think outside the box.

Absenteeism 198

Absenteeism Mentor Human Resources Micromanagement 198

Leading with Trust

MAY 22, 2022

Employees have long been “human resources” that are merely a means to an end. Nothing yet invented can replace human-to-human interaction, and I doubt it ever will (although, I wouldn’t be surprised to see future technological innovation that closely mimics in-person interaction).

Servant Leader 134

Servant Leader Blanchard Bond Human Resources 134

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 3, 2020

The researchers quizzed workers at an Indian technology company. Creating a bond. Managers might also benefit from policies designed to foster a greater bond between employees. The company randomly assigns people to work at one of eight production centers across India.

Bond 79

Bond Long-term Globalization Construction 79

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

He was able to spend time building his lifetime bond with his daughter, and to be present throughout her one and only (and all-too-fleeting) childhood. With today’s information technology, more and more work can be done in places other than the office and at times outside of traditional business hours.

Short-term 11

Short-term How To Human Resources Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

More recently, it has come in the form of the swarms of “apps” sold to individual departments to solve scheduling and care-coordination problems and to “bond” with “consumers.” To avoid this danger requires a discerning talent-management capacity in the human resources department.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Incentives or other extrinsic rewards—individual bonus schemes, promises of nice offices and titles, and other tangible benefits— create transactional relationships , not deep bonds to an employer. Becton Dickinson , a global medical technology company, has made its purpose helping all people live healthier lives.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. To hit P&L targets, for instance, the CMO at one technology company focused on shortening the sales cycle.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10