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Engagement Driver #3- Employee Relationship with Supervisor
Our prior article “What Drives Engagement?” listed the top 10 engagement drivers. Two areas impact employee perceptions of their relationship with the supervisor (category 3): 1. Good relationship with supervisor According to author James Robbins in his book "9...
Engagment Drivers #2- What is Valued?
Our prior article What Drives Engagement? listed the top 10 engagement drivers. Two areas impact employee perceptions of what the organization values (category 2): #1. “(My boss) sets high personal standards” Share what excellence and success looks like in their job...
What Drives Engagement?
Top ten global engagement drivers You have at least met (if not work with) someone who is NOT engaged-- they show up and barely do the job. What can be a delight for co-workers and managers is someone who is "actively engaged." Engagement is when an employee expends...
Do we dread performance reviews?
This graphic and suggestions are from Cornerstone OnDemand (HR software for small business): "Most of us are still a little battle-scarred after years of terrible reviews. But it’s not too late to fix reviews - to make them useful instead of something to be dreaded. "...
How does a Small(er) Employer Attract Generation Y?
Meet your newest employee pool: Generation Y (or the millennial generation, born 1981-2000). According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they are already about 24% of the working population this year. This month about 1.7 million students will graduate college (most...
Quick recognition template
Our recent blog post showed that employees desire more appreciation and recognition, so here is a quick template for you to develop your own semi-formal recognition program. (If you involve your team members in the development process, we will give you bonus points)....
What Managers Think Employees Want
In a study by the Labor Relations Institute of NY, managers selected what they thought employees valued most, and then asked employees what they valued: Manager /Employee rank- Job Reward 1/ 5- Good wages 2/ 4- Job security 3/ 8- Promotion and growth 4/ 9- Good...
Study Finds 10 Key Competencies for High Performers
The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB) analyzed performance based on information from more than 20,000 managers and their employees (40 organizations across the globe). They found 10 competencies differentiated and identified “high performers” able to succeed in...
Are you helping your staff grow?
I have the spent the past few weeks having conversations with senior managers in a variety of small and mid-sized organizations, ranging in size from one with 7 employees to one with over 700. These conversations focus on how we can work together to assist their...
Did you review 2012 with your key team members?
Most small business/ small organization managers interact regularly with their staff members—assigning and coordinating work, answering questions and approving decisions, coaching on skills or techniques, “putting out fires,” and inquiring about progress and status of...
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