Many business owners find themselves frustrated by the interview process. Finding the right employee, with the skills you need and a personality that meshes well with your other employees can be a daunting task and most business owners feel that they’re basically winging it, groping toward a new hire and hoping for the best. A […]
Category: Employee Engagement
What Makes A Great Employee Gift?
Do you have an employee recognition program? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Studies have repeatedly shown that such programs do wonders for employee morale, which decreases turnover rates and increases productivity, but there’s a catch: That’s only true if you give gifts that are well-considered and appropriate to the employee you’re recognizing. Nobody appreciates […]
5 Most Effective Ways to Motivate Employees
Happy workers mean productive workers. But, how does a company motivate their employees to work hard and be a part of the success of the business? Literally, motivating employees doesn’t need a lot of resources. It can be a simple gesture of saying “hi” to your staff. How To Motivate Your Employees Neither should motivating […]
What Makes a Great Employee Gift?
Do you have an employee recognition program? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Studies have repeatedly shown that such programs do wonders for employee morale, which decreases turnover rates and increases productivity, but there’s a catch: That’s only true if you give gifts that are well-considered and appropriate to the employee you’re recognizing. Nobody appreciates […]
How Stress Is Hurting Your Business (And What You Can Do About It)!
Stress can kill, and unfortunately, stress in the workplace is all too common. It has become a simple fact of life in most work environments where it impacts both the overall level of health and well-being of your employees and their productivity, which hurts your bottom line. The latest statistics on stress in the workplace […]
Tips To Boost Employee Engagement
If you’ve been paying attention to recent trends, you’ve probably heard the phrase employee engagement more than once. In days gone by, this wasn’t really much of a concern, or even a though. You hired employees based on skills you needed, you paid them and they showed up every day to do the work. Done […]
Five Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Workplace
Today’s work environment can be stressful. It can be notoriously difficult to find and strike the right balance between the demands of the workplace and the responsibilities of life outside of work. While it’s true that there are a number of things you can do as a manager or business owner to help improve conditions […]
How And Why You Should Roll Out The Red Carpet To Celebrate Employee Anniversaries
The statistics are grim. If you’re employees are disengaged and feel un- or under-appreciated, they’re nearly 40% more likely to miss work. They’re almost fifty percent more likely to cause or be involved in workplace accidents and they cause a staggering sixty percent more office errors than motivated, engaged and satisfied employees do. Which would […]
Great Graduation Gift Ideas For Your Co-Workers Or Employees
Graduation day is always a time for celebration. Whether the graduate in question is an employee or a co-worker, it’s too important an occasion to let pass you by without some kind of recognition. If you’re struggling to find the perfect gift for the recent graduate, we’ve got some great ideas for you to consider […]
Employee Appreciation Should Be Year Round
Sure, Labor Day and Administrative Professionals Day are important holidays and your employees deserve recognition on those occasions, but the reality is that your employees work hard all year long. If you haven’t yet established some type of recognition program, you should strongly consider it. Study after study has shown that employees respond to recognition […]