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Employee Listening: Why Embracing Workplace Feedback Matters
Leadership's approach to employee listening can foster the pride, motivation, innovation, and trust that build strong, successful organizations. Here's how.
October 22, 2020 ・8 mins read
Culture
A Field Guide for Hiring and Retaining Millennials, Gen Z, and More
For the first time ever, employers have to navigate the needs of five generations of people working together.
There’s: the Silent Generation, currently in their 70s and 80s, born amid the Great Depression; the skeptical and debt-conscious Generation Z, currently younger than age 24, born at the end of the Dot Com Boom; the success-obsessed Baby Boomers and nearly polar opposite, social media- and cause-driven Millennials; and the highly-independent and ever-mediating middle child, Generation X.
December 16, 2019 ・6 mins read
Culture
The Secret recipe for Workplace Culture
Workplace culture, for many, is elusive. It’s an abstract concept, something that can’t be conjured or manufactured but only grows organically when the weather is just right, the breeze blows just so, and the planets align.
August 1, 2019 ・9 mins read
Culture
Collaborative Culture or Competitive: Which Is Best for Business?
Find out why a collaborative culture might give your business and its employees better odds for success than a traditional competitive culture.
October 16, 2017 ・8 mins read
Culture
Labor Expenses Getting Out of Hand? Here Are 6 Ways SMBs Can Control the Cost
Money Crashers provides some tips for companies to control their employee labor costs.
October 20, 2016 ・3 mins read
Culture
3 Ways Not-for-Profit Leaders Can Help Employees Avoid Burnout
As a leader in a mission-driven organization, it can feel like a badge of honor when your employees work long hours, refuse to take a vacation and lie awake at night wrestling with the struggles your organization faces. But these types of behaviors, if left unchecked, can lead to employee burnout, which often causes long-term problems for not-for-profits.
May 9, 2016 ・6 mins read
Culture
From Hoodies to Business Suits: How to Create a Company Dress Code that Mixes Culture and Compliance
As companies grow and start hiring more employees, it often becomes necessary to create a company dress code policy where there wasn’t one before. Likewise, companies often have to alter their official dress code as they grow.
April 15, 2016 ・6 mins read
Culture
When does work time begin and end when traveling, excluding travel time to and from local office?
September 17, 2015 ・2 mins read
Culture
Should Your Business Have Gender-Neutral Bathrooms?
Having gender-neutral bathrooms provides a welcoming environment to workers and clients, and demonstrates a commitment to inclusivity.
June 26, 2020 ・5 mins read
Culture
10 Tips for Creating an Employee Recognition Program
This year National Employee Appreciation Day falls on March 6th and it is a great way to celebrate your most valuable asset, your employees, now and throughout the year. Here are some tips on creating an employee recognition program.
March 2, 2020 ・3 mins read
Culture
Culture
How to Manage Conflict and Take Workplace Disciplinary Action
March 4, 2019 ・3 mins read
Culture
The SMB's Guide to Creating a Great Culture Through Internal Brand-Building
Remember that a company is nothing more than a collection of people. They’re the ones making your product, creating all that valuable intellectual property and providing your customers with exceptional experiences. How your employees feel about your company influences their commitment and work product. And how they feel is largely determined by the internal brand you cultivate. So, how do you invest your resources building your internal brand?
June 13, 2017 ・5 mins read
Culture
Beyond Checking a Box: How to Create a Real Employee Engagement Program
There is a direct link between employee engagement and organizational performance. Highly engaged employees are vital to creating a quality customer experience and, thus, contribute directly to your company’s success.
May 11, 2016 ・5 mins read
Culture
7 Traits of Highly Effective Company Cultures
News headlines frequently bring up the importance of company culture, employee satisfaction and the perks that employees may or may not be receiving. Developing and maintaining a company culture that helps reach your business goals but also helps engage and retain employees can be tough but it’s important (and doable).
April 21, 2016 ・4 mins read
Culture
March 4 is Employee Appreciation Day! Here’s How to Step Up Your Employee Recognition Game
National Employee Appreciation day is on March 4 and it is the perfect time to review your current employee recognition program. The idea of recognizing employees for their length of service or the quality of their work is well known. When most of us think about employee recognition, we probably have a vision of an employee being given a gold watch for their 20-year anniversary or a trophy for “outstanding customer service.”
However noble these tokens may be, they may not really be contributing to your business in a valuable way that both achieves business goals and is rewarding for your employees. If you are wondering how effective your employee recognition program is, start by asking yourself the following questions:
February 29, 2016 ・5 mins read
Culture
Culture
Employee Listening: Why Embracing Workplace Feedback Matters
Leadership's approach to employee listening can foster the pride, motivation, innovation, and trust that build strong, successful organizations. Here's how.
October 22, 2020 ・8 mins read
Culture
Should Your Business Have Gender-Neutral Bathrooms?
Having gender-neutral bathrooms provides a welcoming environment to workers and clients, and demonstrates a commitment to inclusivity.
June 26, 2020 ・5 mins read
Culture
10 Tips for Creating an Employee Recognition Program
This year National Employee Appreciation Day falls on March 6th and it is a great way to celebrate your most valuable asset, your employees, now and throughout the year. Here are some tips on creating an employee recognition program.
March 2, 2020 ・3 mins read
Culture
Culture
A Field Guide for Hiring and Retaining Millennials, Gen Z, and More
For the first time ever, employers have to navigate the needs of five generations of people working together.
There’s: the Silent Generation, currently in their 70s and 80s, born amid the Great Depression; the skeptical and debt-conscious Generation Z, currently younger than age 24, born at the end of the Dot Com Boom; the success-obsessed Baby Boomers and nearly polar opposite, social media- and cause-driven Millennials; and the highly-independent and ever-mediating middle child, Generation X.
December 16, 2019 ・6 mins read
Culture
The Secret recipe for Workplace Culture
Workplace culture, for many, is elusive. It’s an abstract concept, something that can’t be conjured or manufactured but only grows organically when the weather is just right, the breeze blows just so, and the planets align.
August 1, 2019 ・9 mins read
Culture
How to Manage Conflict and Take Workplace Disciplinary Action
March 4, 2019 ・3 mins read
Culture
Collaborative Culture or Competitive: Which Is Best for Business?
Find out why a collaborative culture might give your business and its employees better odds for success than a traditional competitive culture.
October 16, 2017 ・8 mins read
Culture
The SMB's Guide to Creating a Great Culture Through Internal Brand-Building
Remember that a company is nothing more than a collection of people. They’re the ones making your product, creating all that valuable intellectual property and providing your customers with exceptional experiences. How your employees feel about your company influences their commitment and work product. And how they feel is largely determined by the internal brand you cultivate. So, how do you invest your resources building your internal brand?
June 13, 2017 ・5 mins read
Culture
Labor Expenses Getting Out of Hand? Here Are 6 Ways SMBs Can Control the Cost
Money Crashers provides some tips for companies to control their employee labor costs.
October 20, 2016 ・3 mins read
Culture
Beyond Checking a Box: How to Create a Real Employee Engagement Program
There is a direct link between employee engagement and organizational performance. Highly engaged employees are vital to creating a quality customer experience and, thus, contribute directly to your company’s success.
May 11, 2016 ・5 mins read
Culture
3 Ways Not-for-Profit Leaders Can Help Employees Avoid Burnout
As a leader in a mission-driven organization, it can feel like a badge of honor when your employees work long hours, refuse to take a vacation and lie awake at night wrestling with the struggles your organization faces. But these types of behaviors, if left unchecked, can lead to employee burnout, which often causes long-term problems for not-for-profits.
May 9, 2016 ・6 mins read
Culture
7 Traits of Highly Effective Company Cultures
News headlines frequently bring up the importance of company culture, employee satisfaction and the perks that employees may or may not be receiving. Developing and maintaining a company culture that helps reach your business goals but also helps engage and retain employees can be tough but it’s important (and doable).
April 21, 2016 ・4 mins read
Culture
From Hoodies to Business Suits: How to Create a Company Dress Code that Mixes Culture and Compliance
As companies grow and start hiring more employees, it often becomes necessary to create a company dress code policy where there wasn’t one before. Likewise, companies often have to alter their official dress code as they grow.
April 15, 2016 ・6 mins read
Culture
March 4 is Employee Appreciation Day! Here’s How to Step Up Your Employee Recognition Game
National Employee Appreciation day is on March 4 and it is the perfect time to review your current employee recognition program. The idea of recognizing employees for their length of service or the quality of their work is well known. When most of us think about employee recognition, we probably have a vision of an employee being given a gold watch for their 20-year anniversary or a trophy for “outstanding customer service.”
However noble these tokens may be, they may not really be contributing to your business in a valuable way that both achieves business goals and is rewarding for your employees. If you are wondering how effective your employee recognition program is, start by asking yourself the following questions:
February 29, 2016 ・5 mins read
Culture
When does work time begin and end when traveling, excluding travel time to and from local office?
September 17, 2015 ・2 mins read
Culture
