Traditional business practices are being shaken up. Many companies are reviewing their long-held traditions in favor of more agile, responsive ways of managing workers. Some of these changes include providing employees with flexibility to work from home more often, and leveraging technology like Skype for Business or Yammer to better communicate and share information amongRead More
Trust gets better results than control. Control is costly to enforce not only monetarily, but it rents valuable headspace. Ashleigh Walters March 15, 2023 Manufacturing companies want to know how they can recruit, hire and retain more employees. The secret is not what you may expect. You have heard the phrase “Money doesn’t buy happiness.”Read More
Feb. 15, 2023 Empowered execution is key. People on the front line have to understand the priorities of the company and be ready and able to make decisions that make a difference. Carolyn Hendrickson At this point in the year, most businesses have set their goals, are putting final touches on their strategic plans, completingRead More
Feb. 15, 2023 Empowered execution is key. People on the front line have to understand the priorities of the company and be ready and able to make decisions that make a difference. Carolyn Hendrickson At this point in the year, most businesses have set their goals, are putting the final touches on their strategicRead More
Feb. 7, 2023 Bosses tend to be more about the power of their position, while a good leader looks at the influence of their position. Jay Richards One of the main reasons employees leave their companies is because of their boss. Note that there is a difference between a “boss” and a leader. WhenRead More
More companies hire ‘employee-experience managers’ to help improve worker productivity, loyalty and retention By Ray A. Smith Jan. 18, 2023 One of the fastest-growing roles at U.S. companies aims to address a rise in worker burnout and disengagement. The job of employee-experience manager barely existed several years ago. Now the position ranks fifth in LinkedIn’s 2023 list of theRead More
Nov. 17, 2022 Workforce strategies must change for companies to attract the talent necessary to ensure success. Adrienne Selko Successful companies possess intricate customer profiles which enable them to deliver exactly what customers want. Great care, time and research go into developing these profiles. What if employers put that same time and energy into understandingRead More
Oct. 13, 2022 Standards are not monuments, but they are the core of consistency. The following is an excerpt from the new book The Winning Link: A Proven Process to Define, Align and Execute Strategy at Every Level by Billy Ray Taylor [McGraw-Hill: 2022]. Taylor spent more than 30 years at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,Read More
Oct. 16, 2022 If a story about the company that demonstrates company culture is told through the eyes of an employee, it creates a realistic view of company culture increasing retention. Adrienne Selko This statistic says it all. “The average tenure at a company used to be four years and now that number is justRead More
Aug. 18, 2022 Upskilling and reskilling of existing employees is also a vital piece of this employment puzzle. Chris Keaveney Our nation is facing a dire shortage of manufacturing workers. The National Association of Manufacturers forecasts that by 2030, the United States could have 2.1 million unfilled manufacturing jobs. A March 2022 survey from Deloitte and the Manufacturing InstituteRead More
Just last year, companies were struggling to keep staff. Now, they say not enough people… Read more
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