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Tie Business Goals to Behavior and Watch Employee Engagement Soar
Are you starting the new year with a new (or renewed) focus on goals? Good! Goals help direct energy and attention for both you and your team. Even better: Setting clear business goals is essential for driving the behaviors across your company that lead to success....
True Story: A Teenager “Retires” and Teaches Her Mom an Invaluable on Engaging Employees
Ready for a true story with a surprising twist? A story that seems to have NOTHING to do with leadership and engagement but actually has EVERYTHING to do with leadership and engagement? A story about a teenager who gave me, a 20-year HR veteran, a powerful a-ha moment that I won’t forget?
Just Say Thanks: The Easiest—and Most Overlooked—Way to Help Your Business Thrive
Sometimes—okay, a lot of the time—we don’t say thank you enough. When we work with leaders and managers, we hear various explanations for this oversight: “Why should I thank someone for doing their job? I’m not here to hand out participation trophies.” “I’m so busy...
We’re Hardcore About “Soft” Skills (and You Should Be, Too)
When managers get professional training and apply their tools and skills, business changes for the better.
Changes… They Are a-Comin’
Harvest is right around the corner. For many this means pausing on initiatives that were started throughout the year and preparing for the busy season, knowing that we will pick back up on those same initiatives…after harvest. Changes are coming......AFTER harvest....
Coaching and 1:1s Will Boost Employee Engagement and Keep Your Business Growing
Welcome to another blog about improving employee engagement! Why are we devoting so much time to this topic? Well, researchers Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall have identified eight aspects of engagement, all of which are disproportionately present in highly...
Yes, WE Can: 3 Simple Ways to Boost Employee Engagement Across Teams—and an Entire Company
In our April blog, we wrote about why having engaged employees—folks who are happy, confident, and motivated at work—is good for productivity and retention. We noted that leaders directly influence workplace engagement and it’s up to managers and supervisors to ensure...
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