FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailCreating a Great Place to Work As the economy rebounds businesses are focusing on making their organizations better places to work. They are realizing if employees and managers are unhappy, they are going to leave. Pay and benefits are important, but many people are choosing happiness, meaningful work and job satisfaction as the most important […]
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Employee Suggestion Programs Generates High Performance
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailIt is believed that the workplace suggestion box started with the Japanese in 1721 when the eighth shogun, Yoshimuni Tokugawa…posted the following note: “Make your idea known…. Rewards are given for ideas that are accepted.” Here it is, 280 years after the Japanese suggestion idea, however, only 3 percent of U.S. companies have effective suggestion programs. According to Chicago-based […]
What Women Want in the Workplace
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailWHAT WOMEN WANT IN THE WORKPLACE Many businesses fail to understand the diversity in the demographics that comprise their workforce. What attracts, retains and creates job satisfaction for each demographic group is different. What motivates male hourly employees varies significantly from what motivates top performing female executives. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Top Talent and […]
Employee Turnover Rates Improve By Hiring the Right People
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailControlling Employee Turnover and Addressing Disengagement with a Complete System “…retention of top talent is impacted most by the ability to provide meaningful work and a culture where people are passionate about what they do …” –Matthew W. Schuyler, Hilton’s CHRO Turnover alone may be costing millions, but what about the employees you still have? […]
Do you trust your Human Resource Department?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailDo you trust HR? A survey of 623 international respondents found the same percentage of executives and managers, 49 percent, trust their company’s HR department. http://ow.ly/3Kwgk FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail
Employee Retention Statistics: Why Good People Quit
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailHow to Retain Your Top Talent Strategies to Retain and Engage High Potentials Research shows as the economy rebounds, organizations will see their most promising talent abandon ship in high numbers. In a recent article that appeared in Harvard Business Review, the authors indicate: • One in four plans on leaving within the year • […]
