Archive for "Generations"

• There are nine different leadership styles, and the type you use to direct your team can greatly impact the success of your organization.
• Each leadership style has its strengths, although some styles – like transformational, democratic and situational leadership – are commonly seen as more desirable.
• Understand and harness the strengths of your leadership style to communicate effectively and motivate your team.

Whether you are leading a small group or a large organization, the leadership style you implement can greatly impact the effectiveness of your efforts. Although there are several types of leadership, the most effective one depends on you and your team. Click here for a full article by Skye Schooley.

• When you’re recruiting talent for your business, don’t underestimate the power of offering a great work-life balance.
• A flexible work policy gives employees the freedom they want while maintaining efficiency and order.
• Make sure your employees know about the flexible work options your business offers.

Small business owners rank attracting and retaining top talent among the biggest challenges they face, right up there with cash flow and getting new clients. Many small business owners feel they can’t compete with bigger corporations because they’re unable to offer the same type of compensation packages, but there are other ways to attract (and keep) excellent employees.  Click here for full article by Mona Bushnell.

Imagine this: You are not sure what is going on, but you notice that your best employee has made some avoidable mistakes on the last two projects. You guess it must be stress related. However, two weeks later, your employee calls to say that he will be running late to work due to an emergency. “That seemed strange, but life happens,” you think to yourself. Over the next three weeks, this employee calls in sick about three times. Then, one morning, he walks into your office and gives you his resignation letter, stating that he has found another job. You are devastated — you did not want your best employee to leave. You wonder what you could have done to prevent it. You noticed the change in his behavior, but you failed to address it.  Click here for full article by Ochuko Dasimaka.

The latest statistics on employee engagement should grab the attention of all types of sizes of organizations. Eighty-four percent of workers are merely “coming to work” and are not contributing fully to their organizations (Hayes, Chumney, Wright & Buckingham, 2019). This is just one of the eye-opening insights from ADP Research Institute’s new Global Study of Engagement, the most definitive global study on engagement yet. One would have thought that the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by companies on improving engagement would be having an effect, but the data is clear – the impact is minimal and in some countries, including the United States, engagement is dropping, not climbing (Hayes, Chumney, Wright & Buckingham, 2019). The authors of ADP Research Institute’s study say its time to address engagement in new ways, and I couldn’t agree more.  Click here for full article.

What is employee engagement? What is the measure of employee engagement in your organization?

Unfortunately, I hear leaders respond to these questions with answers based on either ignorance or denial. In other words, they either don’t really know (or care) what employee engagement actually is, or they are too afraid to consider that the level of engagement in their own organization may be low, and may be affecting their performance.  Click here for full article by Patrick Jinks.