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Employee feedback, compliance, government forms, leave policies, recruiting: the list of tasks that an HR professional have to perform is nearly endless. Just as important as any one task is how professionals put them all together into a united front. Welcome to the Strategic HR topic.
Almost every leader I have interviewed and or worked with, tells me they want a high-performance team. In fact, the number of teambuilding training sessions, workshops, books, and ropes courses equate to more than 10,000. Clearly, when it comes to constructing a team of people who work well together to create winning outcomes, knowing how […]
Gamification—it seems everyone wants to use it, and, for sure, gamification can be a way that companies use learning software not only to educate employees, but also to increase productivity. Gamification also encourages and fulfills employees’ desire for social interaction, competition, and collaboration. But as our guest today explains, proper design is crucial to how […]
Let’s survey your current staff! How many people in your organization have been there 10+ years, are deep-rooted and likely aren’t going anywhere until retirement? We’ll call these staff “trees.” And how many people haven’t been there long, and their position will likely turn over multiple times in the next few years? We’ll call these […]
One of the most noteworthy statistics in a recent survey is that 29 percent of C-level executives and vice presidents say it’s “usually a surprise” when an employee resigns. That’s a large percentage of leaders who are missing the signs.
How do you know whether your training made a difference or had an impact? It’s a foundational question for anyone involved in training and development, and there is no single answer. Much depends on exactly what it was you hoped your training outcomes would be. As Stephen Covey said, “Start with the end in mind.”
Let’s face it. Bad employees are just future turnover waiting to happen. However, with the right approach, some may be salvaged.
Motivated employees tend to stick around, and can help keep themselves and others engaged.
The better your employee engagement, the less hiring you’ll have to do. Let’s take a look at a recent poll.
Surveys are regularly used as a means of attaining feedback from employees on training that they’ve attended or participated in. While surveys generally represent what is referred to as an “applause meter”—an indication of whether employees liked the training, as opposed to whether the training had an impact—they are a useful means of learning about […]
In today’s job market, employers have good reason to worry about their high performers jumping ship. Writing on Inc.com, Marcel Schwantes lists five questions you should ask those employees to increase your odds of keeping them on board: