What Are Small Business Owners Doing to Find and Retain Excellent Employees in 2014
Bank of America has been busy taking the pulse of small business owners in larger communities to determine what work life will be like in 2014. Following on the heels of their fall 2013 study, I am making the projection that employee training and development will increase in 2014 in the small business marketplace. So, […]
Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?
The need for instant gratification and to show a profit no matter the cost to employees, society, or an organization’s welfare seems to be the motto in today’s business culture. Yet there are those few stellar organizations…and they are not all Fortune 500’s….that beg to differ. These companies invest in team building ideas that value […]
Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
A Healthy Team Is A Productive One
The Hartford, on September 25, released its third in a series of four reports this year providing insights on various trends in the workplace. Best-selling author and marketing consultant Lindsey Pollak shares her expertise on the Millennial generation and what both employees and employers can anticipate going forward. The first two reports, published in April […]
What Really Leads to Happiness in the Workplace?
Do leaders have to give away the boat in order to receive high marks from employees when it comes to happiness in the workplace? The answer is no. Researchers at Cangrade just completed a study of 584 employed Americans and discovered that Intellectual Stimulation is the number one predictor of Happiness and Job Satisfaction in […]
Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace
Employee infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]
Trust is a Key Ingredient Missing From Business Team Building
What is the definition of trust? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary it is defined as having assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. A pretty straightforward definition with very little room for misinterpretation. So why is trust so hard to come by these days to encourage team work in […]
Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce
Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today’s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren’t working to their full potential and they’re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees – another 18% are actively disengaged. […]
Workforce Performance Insights That Improve Team Work and Employee Productivity
Recently, Evolv, a software company with a mission to redefine workforce management through science released a workforce performance insights report with some stunning insights. First U.S. businesses lose $350 billion dollars annually from low employee productivity and attrition. Second, tracking workforce productivity focused on what makes employees successful can help leaders realize a […]
Why is Contracting and Temporary Work Becoming More Appealing To The Best and Brightest?
Why is contracting and temporary work more appealing to some of the best and brightest workers? In short, it is because of the upswing in entrepreneurship in the US and workers taking the helm of their own destinies. Thoughtless downsizing contributes to the trend as does limited job growth in smaller communities. Now there is […]
