As a leadership and organizational development consultant and coach I browse job ads for research. It’s a simple way to discover current trends in the job market. For example, over the past several years companies increasingly claim to offer...
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This is Part 2 of a 2-part blog series. For Part 1, click here. Retaining top talent is critically important to your business. On average, high performers are very productive and highly motivated. That performance gap increases as the...
I chose employee retention as October’s theme because study after study shows that top performing employees contribute significantly more than their counterparts to the company’s productivity and profitability. Furthermore,...
In order for the mid-year performance discussion to have an impact, there needs to be trust between you, the leader and your employee. Trust is the foundation for healthy relationships. “Trust = Reliability Over Time”. For you,...
Eating. Sleeping. Screens. These three words can easily describe the average day of our tech obsessions during COVID 19. What you may be surprised to know is that these 3 words apply to a far wider segment of the American public. A 2019 report by...
Our previous post The Job Benchmarking Process: Identifying the Job and Gather Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts, spoke about evaluating current jobs to determine if they are relevant to the current and future company strategy using subject...
Every employer is dealing with the pain of a very tight labor market in the U.S. with our current unemployment rates at 3.6%. The lowest it has been in the U.S was in 1948 at 2.5%. The battle for talent is REAL. This makes it more difficult for...
High performing leaders know that a positive workplace is ideal for fostering a culture of high performance. We’ve introduced the topic of trust in the workplace this month. Now we’ll explore how acceptance plays an important role...
We’ve been talking about the importance of being an Every-Day Leader this month. Another attribute of the Every-Day Leader is to develop and grow your team members. An effective leader is walking the walk and talking the talk as a role model for...