As a leader, it’s your job to help employees navigate times of uncertainty and change. While changes are often external events — such as mergers, re-orgs, and culture transformations — changes spark an internal process for employees that is both emotional and psychological. As a leader, you can’t control how your team will react to…
Employee engagement isn’t just a nice to have. It has a very real impact on business success. According to Gallup, businesses with higher levels of employee engagement showed 21% higher levels of profitability and 17% higher levels of productivity. When employees are engaged, they are inspired and motivated to do — and to want to…
As a leader, you’re faced with dozens of decisions every day. These might range from relatively small, tactical decisions, to more significant operational ones, to strategic decisions that may impact the entire organization. The decision-making process depends on the situation — you may delegate it to someone else, involve individuals or teams in the decision-making…
More often than not managers have the greatest impact on employee morale, performance, commitment, and retention, all of which impacts a company’s overall financial performance and bottom line. How is your company helping your managers shift the way they think about — and treat — people? For more on effective managers, take a look at…
Managers are the fundamental driver of employee engagement, innovation, and overall success. It takes a highly effective — and properly trained — manager to enable their teams to deliver more and have a more positive impact across the organization. What is your company doing to support your managers and inspire them to be stronger leaders? …
Talk to any recruiter, talent leader, or CEO, and you’ll hear the same thing: There’s a shortage of talent. There are many reasons for this shortage. To name a few, unemployment is the lowest it’s been in almost 50 years in the United States, people are no longer confined to a specific location or industry…
“The best boss I ever had completely trusted me, and I completely trusted them.” “My best boss really took the time to listen, recognize and respect my individual needs and motivators.” “The best boss I ever had was a great communicator, set clear expectations and held me accountable.” “My best boss made me feel valued…
A new hire’s experience starts from the day they accept their offer. How you manage this transition sets the foundation for your new employee to grow, thrive, and give their best to your organization. To create an onboarding experience where people can quickly go from being “new hires” to empowered members of your team, consider…
More and more companies are shifting away from traditional performance management processes and beginning to embrace and encourage ongoing feedback conversations. It’s important to view giving and receiving feedback as a muscle, one that needs to be exercised continually to help employees learn, grow, and succeed. Having open and honest conversations around performance shouldn’t just…
Creating a culture of employee feedback is no longer viewed as just a “nice to have” or something that happens once a year at formal performance reviews — it’s an increasingly important part of year-round performance management and development. Why? Employees are asking for it! Frequent feedback helps employees feel seen and valued, both in…