Throughout the years, employees’ desires and demands have evolved, and it can be challenging for companies to keep up. Employers are bombarded with a wide range of trendy tips for keeping different generations of workers happy. But when it comes to attracting and retaining top talent, employers need to understand what employees really want from a company. While we all know that competitive pay and good benefits factor into an employee’s decision to join and stay at a company, there are many other overlooked desires that are more important than a paycheck. Click here for full article by Alan Kohll
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How To Boost Workplace Morale At Your Business By Mike Kappel Accountability • Execution • Generations • High Performance Teams • Leadership
From time to time, workers get drained. They don’t want to look at another report, computer screen, or spreadsheet. If your employees look like zombies at your small business, they might be suffering from low morale at work. It might be time to take a look at your company and boost workplace morale.
I’ve seen people with consistent low morale. Before I was an entrepreneur, I had an engineering job at a large, industrial manufacturing company. And on the factory floor, the workers absolutely hated going to their jobs every day. They looked like lifeless drones when they came to work at 7:00 a.m. If this sounds like your small business, you need to implement employee morale boosters. Click here for full article by Mike Kappel
Development is key to staff retention, according to research By Hywel Roberts Accountability • Execution • Generations • High Performance Teams • Leadership
Employers are struggling to retain control over developing their workforces, as employees attempt to free themselves from paternalistic organisations and seek career autonomy, a report from BlessingWhite, seen exclusively by HR magazine, has found.
The team behind Navigating Ambiguity: Career Research Report 2014 surveyed 2,000 employees and business leaders from all age groups. They were asked about their career intentions, the level of input they want from their employers and the way employers are trying to adapt to changing attitudes. Click here for full article by Hywel Roberts
Facing the Gender Gap in the Workplace By Skye Schooley Accountability • High Performance Teams • Leadership
Despite increased publicity and discussions surrounding the inequalities women face in the workplace, there remains a tremendous amount of work to be done to close the gender gap.
According to a McKinsey study on women in the workplace, corporate America has made almost no progress improving women’s representation over the past four years. The research shows that women are underrepresented at every level, and women of color are the most underrepresented group of all, lagging behind white men, men of color and white women. The study revealed that the underrepresentation of women in high-level roles isn’t due to lack of education or attrition rates. Click here for full article by Skye Schooley.
Three Strategies For Improving Employee Engagement By Morag Lucey Accountability • Leadership
When companies miss revenue forecasts, there’s a tendency for leaders to look outward to find the reason(s): slowing economy, shifting technology landscapes, regulation changes, pricing pressures, et cetera. In my experience, when revenue starts to slow, it may be a signal that employee engagement isn’t where it needs to be, and that means you need all your leaders fully engaged to figure out why and how to fix it. Click here for full article by Morag Lucey.
Google Recruiters Say Using the ‘X-Y-Z Formula’ on Your Resume Will Improve Your Odds of Getting Hired at Google Accountability • Execution • Generations • High Performance Teams • Leadership
Alternative: Reverse engineer their advice and improve recruitment at your business By Bill Murphy Jr.
More than two million people apply to work for Google each year, which is more than 20 times the number of employees at the company at any given time.
With that kind of volume, it makes sense that Google proactively tries to tell applicants what they should do to improve their odds of getting noticed within the herd.
Among its tools are a series of YouTube videos and articles detailing best practices for resumes (embedded below, along with two articles by Google’s former senior vice president of personnel operations). Click here for the full article
If You Want Engaged Employees, Offer Them Stability By Marla Gottschalk Accountability • Execution • High Performance Teams
Most of us find it challenging to do our best work when our work environment feels unstable. For example, if you find yourself in the midst of an organizational change, your psychological resources — such as resilience and optimism — may be stretched to the limit. If the way forward at work is particularly unclear, you’ll undoubtedly devote precious energy considering not only the future of the organization, but your personal future there as well. In that context, you might think twice about a risky stretch assignment, even if it could potentially benefit your career and the organization in the long-term. This is often the case if faith in the underlying organizational foundation is acutely in question. Click here for full article.
It’s Not Your Coworkers’ Job to Teach You About Social Issues By Lily Zheng Accountability • High Performance Teams • Leadership
Picture this scenario: you’re part of a casual conversation in the office, and an employee brings up a recent news article she read that morning about a new law in a neighboring state. She expresses that she’s frustrated by the news, and that she wishes she didn’t have to start her day on that note. You ask, “Wait, why is that law a bad thing?” The employee shares a pointed look with her friend and says to you, “Google it.” She changes the topic, and after a few moments walks back to her desk.
The employee is now in a bad mood, and you’re feeling bewildered and stung by the interaction. You were only trying to learn. What happened? Click here for the full article
How to Keep Employees Connected to Customers by Alessandro Di Fiore Accountability • Execution • Most Popular
Developing an understanding of your customer to build a successful product or business model is not just a data-crunching game. Quantitative market research and analytics are important and useful, of course. But when it comes to identifying breakthrough ideas, individual customer experiences can be uniquely powerful. Click here for the full article
How to Make Sure You’re Building a Stellar Team By By CAROL LEAMAN Accountability • High Performance Teams • Leadership
The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question “How do you build a strong team?” is by Carol Leaman, president and CEO of Axonify.
A new hire recently told me something that will stay with me for a long time: “I’d always heard great things about the company and its people but wow, now that I’m here I haven’t come across a single person that isn’t a top performer. It’s awesome to be part of team like this”. Click here for full article