Employee Relations
-
May 4, 2020
Two Ways to Check Work from Home Productivity
Just last week I had an exchange with a colleague asking my take on how to check an employee’s work from home productivity. Jerry wrote, “I’m fielding a new question from my clients who now have a WFH workforce and…one of their first questions is, ‘How do I know my people are working from home?’” […]
-
Mar 24, 2020
Encouragement for Leaders in Crisis Mode
Encouragement for Leaders in Crisis Mode Ideas for Navigating the COVID 19 Chaos As a leader in your organization, your top priority must be to create some sense of order out of the chaos that COVID 19 is creating. It is an uncertain, likely overwhelming responsibility. To encourage you — the leader — as you’re […]
-
Mar 17, 2020
Younger Employees are 20x More Likely to Stay If They Have This
In doing some professional research recently, I stumbled upon an article that referred to a Gallup study with some interesting findings. The article said the demographic of 21 to 37 year old employees are 20 times more likely to stay and not change jobs if they have they have this one thing. As someone who […]
-
Feb 21, 2020
How To Lead Diverse Teams At Work
Incredible leaders of diverse teams at work need to understand the stories from their people, not just the statistics about them. There are answers in their stories that you’ll never get from statistics alone. Let’s dig into the information you need to make the best decisions when it comes to engaging your people.
-
Feb 11, 2020
When Honest Leadership Goes Too Far
Honest Leader? Yes! Brutally Honest? Not So Much. If you conducted a poll of average employees and asked them the essential traits they want in their leaders, what would the response be? Never mind their demographic data, the industry they work in or their level of experience. What would they say? I predict, overwhelmingly, employees […]
-
Jan 31, 2020
Emotional Intelligence is the X-Factor
I think you would do this, but tell me if I’m wrong. If an employee came to you and legitimately asked for specific training to help them better understand how to use the company intranet, understand the policies better, or improve their technical skills — you would probably do everything you could to make sure […]
-
Jan 28, 2020
Disengaged at Work? 1 Sure Sign Bosses Should Look For
In my work, I talk to a lot of managers and supervisors who are, let’s say, a bit frustrated that they have employees who are disengaged at work. Employees just aren’t doing what is expected of them or what is asked of them. And managers and supervisors don’t know why. Employees become disengaged at work […]
-
Jan 22, 2020
For Better Employee Relations Use This 4 Question Plan
Leaders within organizations, companies big and small crave better employee relations! It’s a huge recruiting tool. It leads to better performance and higher profits. Some charged with making this happen look for a magic bullet, some new, latest policy in the employee relations manual. But it takes much time and a tactful approach to build […]
-
Jan 17, 2020
1 Question to Better Recruit and Retain Employees
Most organizations are scrambling trying to figure out how to better recruit and retain employees. What’s the answer? I’ll shoot you straight as always — a quick-fix solution doesn’t exist here. However, I do have one question you should start asking that will automatically shift your trajectory toward greater success.
View Archives
By Date
- May 2022 (1)
- April 2022 (2)
- March 2022 (2)
- February 2022 (1)
- January 2022 (2)
- November 2021 (2)
- October 2021 (1)
- September 2021 (1)
- August 2021 (2)
- July 2021 (1)
- June 2021 (4)
- May 2021 (3)
- April 2021 (3)
- March 2021 (5)
By Category
- Accountability
- Blog
- Choosing to Lead
- Communication Skills
- Company Highlights & Updates
- Culture
- Customer Relationships
- customer service
- decision making
- emotional intelligence
- Employee Engagement
- Employee Relations
- Empowerment
- Featured
- Generations
- Honesty and Other Truths
- Improving Performance
- Influence
- Leadership
- Leadership Characteristics
- Leadership Development
- Leadership Pitfalls
- Listening
- Loyalty
- Managing Change
- Managing Confrontation
- Managing Risk
- Motivation
- Offer Service & Take Action
- Performance Evaluations
- Planning
- Preventive Leadership
- Productivity
- Professionalism and Success
- Respect
- Risk
- Strategic Development
- Strategic Planning
- Stress Management
- Success
- Succession Planning
- Team Building
- The Essential Element
- The Fearsome Facts
- The Recipe for Respect
- Tools & Resources
- Trust
- Two Motivational Truths
- Uncategorized
- Why Employees Do What They Do
- Work Life Balance