HR Digest

JUNE 25, 2023

And if we know the secret, how do we improve employee satisfaction? This guide is here to help, with comprehensive strategies to boost employee morale and keep employee satisfaction high. A fat paycheck, formidable power, work friends, or good coffee? What is the secret to employee happiness? What is Employee Satisfaction?

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 50.6 With numbers as big as these and burnout at an all-time high, it becomes increasingly important to take employee retention strategies seriously and explore what they can do to connect with their employees. million U.S. employees quit their jobs in a year, indicating an average of 4.2

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 23, 2021

If you’re a business owner or your role involves managing people, you’ll have some idea of how much easier your job is if your employees are engaged in their work and motivated by what they do. It’s been reported that employee engagement is one of the key factors in company success for a few reasons: Engaged employees are more likely to stay.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

Beyond the financial implications, consider the additional toll of turnover—the non-quantifiable costs like lost productivity, interview time, lost knowledge, and morale. They can learn from their mentor’s own journey and past struggles and successes. Learning and Development Opportunities. This is a guest post by Lisa Z.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

New research from i4cp provides some insight on how best to do this. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Do You Have Conversations or Inspired Experiences ? Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided What Leaders Need to Do Now. Then you can decide how to do better. Team Building.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Kill morale, careers, and even a company. Inappropriate delegation can do more harm than good. The CEO naively believed that his employees would always rise to the occasion and see the value of their learning through mistakes they made. Delegation killed morale, careers, and the company. My answer is “no.”.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

We need to work on this daily, just as we need to do with our gardens. Connect with Sean on Twitter at @LeadYourTeam Frank Sonnenberg – It Can Be Lonely to Stand Up for What’s Right It’s easy to compromise your values, lower your standards, and look the other way, but the penalty of doing so is enormous.

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HR Digest

MARCH 4, 2021

A study by Gallup, “The State of the American Manager,” found that half (50%) of all Americans have left a job to “get away from their manager at some point in their career.”. In the same Gallup report, they found that “the manager accounts for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement.”. Mentoring. Micromanagement.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn how to spot the early signs of conflict and use effective communication techniques to resolve conflicts in the workplace before they escalate. Interestingly, 76 percent of workers report that conflict can lead to positive outcomes, such as improved understanding, stronger relationships, and even better solutions to problems.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Bernd shares: “ How do you introduce one-on-ones to your direct reports? How do you get started and what exactly should you say in such meetings? Learn the three keys that offer certainty and knowledge that the leader can be counted on. Communication. How does such a meeting work?

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Over the second round of drinks, the conversation turned toward the company’s growing morale problems. Joan’s voice broke with emotion as she talked about her growing health problems and the steep price her family has been paying for her “successful career.” Goals, plans, reports, and numbers take over. Joan angrily retorted.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 9, 2021

However, they were also more likely to endorse succession-based ageism, which is the notion that older people have a moral duty to step aside to allow younger people access to jobs. This wasn’t confined to explicit discrimination, as jokes and harassment related to age were also sadly commonplace. An acceptable bias.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Micromanagement : Overly controlling leaders who do not trust their team to perform tasks independently can stifle creativity and initiative. Micromanagement : Overly controlling leaders who do not trust their team to perform tasks independently can stifle creativity and initiative.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2023

With such unfortunate circumstances on the rise, businesses need to learn how to support mental health at work in order to aid their employees towards stability while also ensuring that the company as a whole remains at its productive best at all times. people experience mental health problems in the workplace.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Topics range from moral character to leadership lessons from World War II to stepping out of comfort zones. To get ahead and land promotions, use the pushing boundaries strategy to learn new skills and push the boundaries of your job.” A major news anchor is suspended for “enhancing” his reporting experiences.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers. That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 15, 2020

Some startling leadership statistics: 75% of employees report their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job. 60% of employees report that their boss damages their self-esteem. Study: 75% of employees report their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job. I recently spoke to him about his research.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 29, 2019

A recent report from Adecco set out to get a better understanding of the skills landscape and explore how society can get better at helping people to get the skills they need to thrive, especially if they work in the SME sector. These front line employees expressed clear discontent with the amount of training provided to them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2012

People were doing what they were told, initiative was non-existent and fear of making mistakes paralyzed most decision makers into inaction. Plagued with poor morale and operational problems, almost every sailor who could was leaving the navy. In other words, show up, we’ll tell you what to do. They “are briefed.”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

It significantly lowers engagement, morale, and ultimately, performance. Gallup reports that American workers who are unhappy with their bosses are significantly less productive, to the tune of $360 billion in lost productivity each year. Fear is bad for business. Look for these five telltale signs: CYA Rules the Day.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 21, 2010

The problem was that when you watch the entire speech and learn the history behind her story, Sherrod is not a racist but someone who learned through experience to look beyond race. Earlier in my career, I ended up as a manager in a couple of HR departments. They have no morals, ethics, judgment, etc." Its not right.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Here are some of the most classic signs to look out for if you suspect you’re reporting to an incredibly toxic boss. But how do you identify them? A toxic boss is always looking to take center stage, and they won’t hesitate to do so even when it might not be appropriate for them! What traits are known of a lousy boss?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

What can leaders learn from the makers of fine cognac? This is my favorite because it addresses fear, a huge negative (and silent) driver that keeps leaders from speaking up against injustice, lack of ethics, morality issues and other things that damage individuals and people in our organizations. What should I do?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A company that learns to accommodate its employees can find itself with unique insight into how to prepare for its clients and consumers as well, allowing them to provide services that truly cater to the needs of their customers. These teams see productivity rise by 35 percent while decision-making goes up by 87 percent.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

What can you do? First, let’s examine what exactly these bad hires can do. It’s activity like this that can really do some damage to your bottom line. A Career Builder survey of more than 6,000 hiring managers, worldwide, reveals some eye-opening global stats about just how much a bad hire can wreak company havoc.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Does the leader rightfully stand on the moral high ground? Create your own list and once you’ve done so, individually assess people against it, beginning with the CEO’s own direct reports and cascading out to all leadership levels throughout your organization. Is it the ability to develop a clear and inspiring vision?

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 14, 2011

More than half of leaders learned through trial and error Being Blind Sided. Companies need to do due diligence to select leaders who have the desire, motivation-and skills-to be a leader or you've failed the individual and the organization." What can we learn from this? Only 1 in 10 leaders were actually groomed for the job.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 18, 2019

The learner-centric model focuses on practices that activate independent problem-solving and consistent learning regardless of the employees’ hierarchy and level of experience. Annual employee training budget for big companies is over $13 billion, according to a report by Training Magazine.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Suzanne Rumsey, Fistful of Talent : The Voodoo That Executives Do - There is a saying I often use when discussing the impact of poor executive leadership on an organization's culture. Lisa Rosendahl, Simply Lisa : Succession Planning. Fascinating.   Penelope Trunk, BNET : Perfectionism is a Disease.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Deep down almost all employees want to do work that is meaningful, makes a difference, and adds value to their organization.  Given the limited resources available to them, many managers have been forced to try and empower their employees to take charge of their own professional development and career paths.  Enjoy! .

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 6, 2011

← RoundtableTalk: Top posts of 2010 Culture eats strategy for lunch… and it will eat leaders too → Captain Owen Honors: no honour in this career debacle Posted on January 6, 2011 by LeaderTalker | 6 Comments So Captain Owen Honors of the USS Enterprise (seriously, Hollywood couldn’t do better with these names!) Ridiculous.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 23, 2010

  Now you'll be able to browse an extensive collection of business book reviews, search for careers in HR and post your own job openings in front of a targeted audience, download educational whitepapers and research reports,  watch instructional videos, and even upload your own content for others to view and enjoy. 

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. How do you treat people at home?' Do you really want to have a funeral that no one attends other than for business reasons?' Mike reflected on that, and said, 'I'm going to change, and the reason has nothing to do with money or with this firm. He called his wife.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run. ” With a healthy sense of humor, AES eliminated the rationalization “They make us do it.” “How do we make our strengths stronger?”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It is the vision that defines the end game, and the mission is the road map that will take you there.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

We recently coached a project manager whose chronic optimism lead to unrealistic expectations for his staff, resulting in high stress, low morale, and poor performance. You may wish to ask your coworkers or manager, “What do I do that allows me to be an effective contributor to the organization?” about the DiSC model.

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