FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailYou might think you know what your employees want from you. Perhaps you’re sure that a fun team building weekend will be a nice way for your employees to bond as a team, or that on-site gym membership would be a great perk to help them be healthier. But what employees really want and what […]
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7 Ways to Keep Your Employees Motivated and Happy at Work
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailDo your employees enjoy their work environment? This is a question every good manager or business owner should ask periodically. A happy worker is more productive and more likely to stay put; low company morale and turnover hurt the overall success of any business. Moreover, it’s never been easier for people to job hunt. Employment […]
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailEmployee Motivation in the Workplace This is an excellent video outlining the key components of employee motivation based on Dan Pink’s book, “Drive.” Many current motivation practices in world today tend to do more harm than good. In some cases rewards have the opposite effect such has limiting creativity and innovation. FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail
Employee Reward and Recognition Ideas
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail 20 Free Ways to Reward Employees from Dan Benoni Show Your Employees Some Appreciation Employee recognition is an important element of good management. Here are several different recognition ideas that keep people fired up and motivated at work. Only A Fool Would Work Here This Long: Alaska Sealife Center has an Employee Anniversary recognition […]
Futren’s Strategies for Employee Retention
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailBusinesses in the hospitality and food and beverage industries face many challenges. They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. One small business […]
The Rules of Retention
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail Employee dissatisfaction is on the rise, especially among entry-level and mid-level employees. A recent study from Dale Carnegie Training found that only 23 percent (that’s one in four!) of non-management workers reported being engaged at their current job. Meanwhile, almost 70 percent of non-engaged workers said they would leave their current job for as […]
