Employee Engagement: TIGERS® Success Series 2018 Team Building Blog Recap Part Two

Welcome to the second installment of our three-part recap series of all of our TIGERS Success Series 2018 Team Building Blog articles. In our first installment, we reviewed everything from our Management, Leadership and HR issues category. We covered a multitude of topics, including: Leadership skills and growth; Delegation tactics; Daily habits and hiring strategies; among […]

Reenergize Employee Productivity to Increase Profits

Employee productivity is frequently related to profitability.  When you think of profitability, several factors probably come to mind. Included are labor, overhead and production costs.  However, If you aren’t factoring in employee productivity, you’re missing a key metric. According to Gallup, employee productivity is the basis for human development and economic growth. Poor employee productivity […]

Use Top-Down Approach for Better Employee Engagement

Employee engagement may sound like an optional concern. A back burner issue. If leaders truly want a successful and satisfied workforce, however, then they need to start paying attention. According to Gallup research, 91 percent of employees have left their company to change positions, and 35 percent of employees have done so in the past […]

Fix Group Behavior Norms to Fix Employee Engagement Problems

A disengaged workforce is one of the most costly problems most organizations face. The global economy experiences  $7 trillion in lost productivity annually because of poor employee engagement.  $7,000,000,000,000!  That’s a lot of zeros. The good news is that group behavior norms offer a viable and measurable solution. According to Gallup’s recent State of the […]

Failing Onboarding Practices Leave Employees Disengaged

A new study conducted by Kronos Incorporated found that current onboarding practices are stalling new-hire momentum. Current practices are also threatening to disengage enthusiastic employees during their first few weeks, says HR’s Big Challenge for 2018: Fix New Hire Onboarding. The result is failing onboarding practices that are leaving employees disengaged. The study, “New Hire […]

A TIGERS Approach to 2018’s Top Workforce Trends

The beginning of the New Year offers time for reflecting on the past year as well as the opportunity to look ahead to new ideas and strategies for the upcoming year. To start out the New Year looking ahead, The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated recently identified the top five workforce trends that will impact […]

Employee Engagement: TIGERS® 2017 Blog Recap Part Two

Welcome to the second installment of our three-part recap series of all of our 2017 articles. In our first installment, we reviewed everything from our Management, Leadership and HR issues category, which covered a multitude of topics. Most notable were leadership skills and growth, delegation tactics, daily habits and hiring strategies, among many more. Make […]

Employee Engagement Success Strategies Build Loyalty

So, how’s work?  I asked a friend this question last week and he said he was looking for a new job.  He added that he had been with the current company for three years. No one in senior leadership or human resources discussed a career path with him.  He viewed his job as a dead […]

Change Strategies Employees Will Champion Successfully

Many employees are hesitant when it comes to change. It is, however,  required to be competitive in the ever-changing marketplace.   This means keeping up with current trends and research. It also means solving company problems as a team and embracing new opportunities as they arise. Even though you, as a leader, may fully understand the […]

Battling Millennial Disengagement

Millennials (those people born between 1980 and 1996), now represent about 38 percent of the U.S. workforce, and by 2025, that number will likely soar to 75 percent. It’s troubling then to find that only 29 percent of millennials are engaged in their positions, according to Gallup research. The Gallup report, How Millennials Want to […]