Employers have different perspectives on the development and deployment of human capital within their organizations. Some employers place the demands of the organization as top priority. Other employers focus on employee skills development, primarily for the purpose of maximizing employee...
When people are unsatisfied and disengaged at work, their managers are usually the last person they would ever go to to discuss their career issues. There appears to be an unwritten policy that if you’re thinking of leaving, it is...
WhyDidYouGo.com was created as a company and associated website in order to fully understand and promote employee workplace happiness. The co-founders launched three national surveys to explore what makes people happy on the job, why they leave jobs, and why...
Can you tell me if there are generational differences when it comes to employee engagement? Some people insist that there are, while others say that engagers at work span the generations and are common to them. What an excellent question!...
Our organization pursues a policy of paying employees better than other comparable organizations. Our executive director believes that by positioning ourselves in this way we'll attract and retain the best people. While our turnover numbers are very low, I don't...
In an earlier column you suggested that organizations devote more resources to marginal employees than they do to talent. I'm trying to understand how this is a problem. Aren't supervisors supposed to help struggling employees turn their performances around? Why...
Does it worry you to hear that a recent study, entitled Addressing the Leadership Challenge: Non-Profit Executive Directors' Views on Tenure and Transition in Alberta, revealed that 82% of executive directors expect to leave their current position within the next...
Should I stay or should I go? "People don't quit companies. They quit managers." While certainly not the exhaustive reason for turnover, presently this opinion is widely held by leadership authors and management consultants. Turnover is not about pure statistics;...
Is your workplace orientation plan a whirlwind one-day affair of meet and greet, look at the manual, sign some forms, go for lunch, here's your desk, and away we go? Or, is it a focused week of pouring over manuals...
Team-building exercises are simply tools used to create solidarity in a group - to allow group members to know each other better, and to have a fun experience as a team. These exercises can be used in a variety of...
