When someone misunderstands the actions of another it can create conflict and those misunderstandings come from the lack of or poor communication. These misunderstandings and frustrations lead to poor performance, lack of workforce community, and low employee morale. It is vital employers communicate clearly, honestly and compassionately with their workforce to ensure employees make an… Continue reading Strengthen Workforce Community & Prevent Employee Unrest During a Crisis
Category: Voice of the Employee
Employee Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis
Well-being is related to physical or mental health concerns of the employee or those of his or her family. As the employability marketplace improved between 2010 and 2019, employees found opportunities to prioritize caring for themselves and their families and placed high importance on well-being reasons in their decisions to stay or quit a job.… Continue reading Employee Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis
Valentine’s Day and Relationship Feedback
Valentine’s Day is here and just like any other year; it is time to check in with my significant other for our year-in-review survey. Every year on Valentine’s Day we set aside time to provide feedback to each other on our relationship. It’s a tradition we practice once a year to tell each other what’s… Continue reading Valentine’s Day and Relationship Feedback
5 Musts for Conducting Exit Interviews
Under normal marketplace conditions, it’s important for organizations to conduct exit interviews with former employees as a step to reduce turnover, increase retention and protect profits. In an employee-in-control marketplace, where approximately 3 in 4 reasons for turnover could have been prevented by the organization, it becomes critical for organizations to conduct exit interviews in… Continue reading 5 Musts for Conducting Exit Interviews
Employees Hold Power in Today’s Job Market
The job market in today’s economy continues to prove the power employees hold. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 2019 closed out with a 50 year low unemployment rate of 3.5% and a whopping 7.3 million job openings. This means the majority of open jobs will be filled by employees who are currently working. … Continue reading Employees Hold Power in Today’s Job Market
The Importance and Necessity of Actionable Exit Interviews
The necessity for employers to utilize the highest quality of Exit Interviews that produce actionable insights has never been greater. So what exactly are high quality Exit Interviews? It’s simple really. High quality Exit Interviews are those that allow the former employee to be candid enough and comprehensive enough to give the exact reasons… Continue reading The Importance and Necessity of Actionable Exit Interviews
Thanksgiving Holiday and the Important Voice of the Employee
Updated: August 23, 2023 It is that time of year again when we get to have a day or two off work to spend time with loved ones and share a Thanksgiving meal. If your meal is like most others in America, the conversation around the turkey will turn to your job and how… Continue reading Thanksgiving Holiday and the Important Voice of the Employee
Focus on Internal Data to Improve Employee Retention
Updated: August 23, 2023 As the US job market continues to stay fully employed, organizations find it much more difficult to retain their employees because there are plenty of other jobs available elsewhere. A fully employed job market means that everyone who wants to work has a job. When the job market is fully employed,… Continue reading Focus on Internal Data to Improve Employee Retention
Hire and Attract the Best Talent with Employee Recruitment Studies
From the time we’re old enough to talk we’re taught, in one way or another, how important first impressions are…how once that first impression is made you can never have another, and how hard it is to change someone’s initial opinion of you. The recruitment process at organizations can be the same way. Whether it… Continue reading Hire and Attract the Best Talent with Employee Recruitment Studies
How to Define Ethical Behavior & Why It’s Important in the Workplace
How to Define Ethical Behavior & Why It’s Important in the Workplace The plot of good versus evil, good guys versus bad guys, or right versus wrong has played out in books and movies for ages. It is arguably the most common struggle at the center of narratives of all types. So it should be… Continue reading How to Define Ethical Behavior & Why It’s Important in the Workplace