by karlyn | Feb 20, 2015 | Building Relationships, Engagement & Morale, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Leadership, Making Good Choices, Managing Employees, Office Politics, Organization Culture
Give someone else a win at work, and you win too. Picture this: You’re in the midst of launching a project at work and a colleague comes to you with some ideas about an aspect of it. They have a lot of experience in that area and seem to have put a lot of...
by karlyn | Dec 21, 2014 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Leadership, Managing Employees
The economy has rebounded and recruiters agree that it’s a candidate’s job market. That means your employees have options that weren’t there just a few years ago. Have your HR policies caught up? Dumb HR policies typically come about when managers...
by karlyn | Sep 28, 2014 | Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Frameworks, Managing Employees, Professional Development
We know that it’s far cheaper to retain an employee than to replace them. But in order to understand how to retain, we first need to understand the elements that go into an employee’s decision to stay or leave their job. Generally speaking, there are three...
by karlyn | Jul 8, 2014 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Leadership, Managing Employees
It’s commonly understood that individuals performing an action are motivated by both internal (intrinsic) and external (extrinsic) factors. For example, students may be motivated to complete an assignment in school because… They are genuinely interested in the topic...
by karlyn | Jul 1, 2014 | Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Managing Employees
An article from Forbes made the rounds last week with some pretty startling statistics: The average raise an employee can expect in 2014 is 3%, but given the cost of inflation, it actually amounts to more like 1% in additional spending power. If an employee leaves a...
by karlyn | Jun 25, 2014 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Leadership, Managing Employees, Professional Development
You have an employee that is not meeting performance expectations and you need them to either step up their game or move on. There are a few routes you can take. One is to engage in a proactive feedback and coaching strategy. An alternative is to go the...
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