Top performing companies build relationships with their employees through social media and leverage their core values to empower their employees to be brand ambassadors, according to a recent study by LinkedIn cited in this Forbes.com article It’s true, cultivating strong employee engagement results in high performing organizations. New business trends, including an increase in the… Read more »
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These Four Easy Observations Provide a True Gauge on Diversity
Elementary, Dear Colleagues: Four Easy Methods to Get a Real Gauge on Diversity Is your company still checking the diversity and inclusion box? Terri Hartwell Easter advises clients to take a walk around the office and use these four simple observations to gauge the real impact of your company’s diversity efforts. • Look at your… Read more »
The Leadership Deficit is in Your Control
Leadership Despair or Leadership to Spare? Only 21% of managers believe their organization’s leadership practices are very effective, according to the results of a recent study conducted by APQC and sponsored by T.H. Easter Consulting. The future of great organizations depends on cultivating great leaders. If you’re among the 79% who are in leadership despair, T.H. Easter… Read more »
Keep Calm and Engage On – Best Practices for Diversity & Inclusion Programs
According to Gallup’s recent State of the American Workplace Report, each and every day an astonishing 70% of employees feel disconnected from the work they’re doing. The average diversity and inclusion programming does nothing to address this because, quite simply, it is not seen as integral to the operational and strategic focus of the company.
What are the top 3 reasons people leave their jobs?
Entrepreneur.com recently featured this infographic explaining just that: why people leave their jobs and other annoyances within the workplace.
Forbes Article: Embattled Utilities Face ‘Talent Storm’
This article by Jeff McMahon discusses the challenges that utility organizations face retaining senior level employees who are choosing to retire. That brings to light another significant challenge of attracting new talent. Jeff offers strategies that can assist utility organizations to not only attract talent, but also retain talent. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/03/31/embattled-utilities-face-talent-cliff/?ss=business:energy
Terri Easter provides her perspective on the leadership skills deficit in Human Resources Executive Online.
The One New Year’s Resolution The Most Successful People Always Keep: No Whining
This blog is shared from Forbes.com: I served on a grand jury earlier this year and our forewoman was in her mid-40s and always well-dressed. One day she arrived a bit late and her hair–which I suddenly realized was an expensive wig–was slightly… Read more »
Top 10 Hits for a Liability-Free Holiday Party
We would like to share this timely and informational article by Brian S. Kaplan and Elisheva M. Hirshman. With every holiday season comes the time-honored tradition of the office holiday party. A chance for companies nationwide to thank their workforces—and for employees to kick back with coworkers, clients and customers to celebrate the year’s… Read more »
Keep the Interview Legal
This is a wonderful article written by Louise Kursmark, Monster Contributing Writer Fair hiring laws were enacted to give every candidate a fair shake in the and selection process. Yet more than 40 years after the first of these guidelines became law, job candidates today still are asked questions that are illegal, insulting, and irrelevant to job… Read more »