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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How To Help A Struggling Employee
Mental Health Awareness day is fast approaching. Given that, it bears thinking about your corporate culture and how your firm might be negatively impacting the mental health and well-being of your employees. This is not to say that the job you’re asking your employees to do is literally driving them crazy, but let’s face it, […]
Simple Ways To Make Your Workplace More Fun This Summer
Although summer is still some distance away yet, it’s not to early to start making plans. Everybody loves summertime, and why not? Long days, combined with delightfully warm weather, it’s a recipe for fun. If, of course, you’re not cooped up in the office all day. Unfortunately, that’s exactly where most of us are. Just […]
What To Do When A New Hire’s Don’t Work Out
No matter how robust your hiring process is, sometimes it happens. You go through the applicants as carefully as you can, you ask pointed, hard-hitting interview questions and then, the employee you ultimately select just doesn’t quite measure up for one reason or another. What do you do then? Tips on making new employees successful […]
Why Celebrating Employee Milestones is Important to Millennials
Millennials are increasingly coming to dominate the workplace, and unlike previous generations, they’re looking for more than just a paycheck. Appealing to Millennials is something that most managers and business owners struggle with, which has predictable but unfortunate effects on the company, most notably in the area of lower retention rates. Since most managers don’t […]
Top Ten Holiday Gifts For Employees Under $25
Simply Success $24.95 This hardcover, 228-page book is a must-read for anyone aspiring entrepreneurs you’ve got working for you. It’s inspiring and filled with hard-hitting, practical information. A great gift! The Change Forest Falls Desktop Print $19.99 A stunningly beautiful 5”x7” print, the perfect size for displaying on a desktop, the scene is of a […]
Three Powerful Employee Recognition Strategies
Here’s the simple, unavoidable truth: While just about everyone knows that recognizing employees for their hard work, excellent performance and efforts is a good thing that has a variety of benefits for both your company and the employees you recognize, it’s hard. It takes time. Time you probably don’t have. Fortunately, there are strategies you […]