Thinking Beyond Data Collection to Improve the Employee Experience
Many employers are focused on collecting data because solid, accurate data can be difficult to come by, particularly for human resource professionals. But the journey from data collection to action is long and complex. Ultimately, the key to a successful data...
Strategic Distribution of High Impact, Simple Data to Get leaders “Addicted to the Data” is a Precursor to Action
Human resource professionals are often the catalyst for improving employee engagement in organizations. One of the challenges for HR professionals is the constant need for them to roll up their sleeves and focus on day-to-day operations. As it relates to employee...
Top Five Turnover Causes in Healthcare
Human resources professionals and their senior teams are keenly aware that turnover comes at a high cost. Employee turnover also has a rolling effect throughout any company. In healthcare especially, losing employees has the effect of greater works burdens, less...
The Four Phases of Workforce Recovery: Phase Four – Recovery
Historical Impact Throughout history, the human race witnessing catastrophic impacts from a single event has been quite rare. Even during extreme weather events like hurricanes, forest fires, tidal waves, or tornadoes, only a small portion of the population was...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Employee Engagement in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
In business, we tend to study a concept to death and then discard it when a new buzzword comes along. The truth is that we have been studying employee engagement for a long time because it is difficult and complex. A tight labor market and enlightened leaders have...
The Four Phases of Workforce Recovery: Phase Two – Prepare
We are starting to see signs that government leaders across the country want (or have already begun) to prepare to restart the economy. The impact on workers in all industries will be profound. Even the most flexible and engaged employees find change to be a challenge...
Transforming Your Leadership Style in Times of Crisis
This post was co-written by Dr. Brad Shuck, Associate Professor Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development at the University of Louisville. The latest research is very clear that even before COVID-19 changed the way we work and...
Employee Journey Mapping: How to Boost Engagement and Retention Rates
According to Gallup, employee engagement in the U.S. has ticked up a bit and now stands at 34%. The bad news, of course, is that if about one-third of workers are engaged, two-thirds aren’t. What’s worse, a troubling 13% are “actively...
10 Smart Strategies to Enhance Employee Experience
For years, business owners and HR managers have focused on improving employee engagement — and with good reason. Employees who aren’t engaged (and most aren’t) are more likely to move on to other jobs, and the average cost to replace one of those workers...
How Partnering With an HR Outsourcing Company Can Benefit Your Business
Even if your company has the best staff around, it can sometimes be difficult to complete its work in all departments at a consistently optimized level. If things get busy, it’s not uncommon for items to slip through the cracks and for efficiency to slow down. For...
Handling Safety Issues in the Workplace
“Certain situations would put me in danger and I was told to just do my job. Even though we had safety meetings we were made to disregard them when working at certain job sites. It was all about doing the job with no regard to employee safety.” – Actual comment from...
