We recently read some great advice that hails all the way from Australia, in an article entitled “Employees clamour for feedback and recognition” from the good folks over at smartstartup.com. It’s a report on a new study of 1,299 people that found that employees value a boss’s ability to give good feedback and recognition more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Employee Relations’
Behold the Power of Feedback!
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Hey, Bosses, Guess What? When It Comes to Employees, You Reap What You Sow.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011We read with interest the New York Times blog article “Before You Blame Your Employees” that was written by Jay Goltz and posted April 12 of this year about entrepreneurs and managers who point to employees as the reason why they find themselves frustratingly working more on the front line of their business instead of [...]
Employee Hotlines: Not Just for Big Corporations
Friday, April 29th, 2011In a perfect world, your employees would always feel comfortable coming directly to you with a workplace problem or concern that you aren’t aware of. (Actually, in a perfect world, there would be no workplace problems or concerns at all because we’d all be happy campers who were independently wealthy, but that doesn’t really work [...]
“My Employees LOVE It Here. They’d Be Crazy Not To.”
Monday, April 4th, 2011You’re sure about that? Met Life recently posted its 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends, and smart employers will take heed of its constructive message: Despite the bad economy and unemployment rates, your employees are not as satisfied and don’t feel as much loyalty as you think. This could cause your company major setbacks [...]
Exit Interviews: Are You Mining Them for All They Are Worth?
Friday, January 21st, 2011We recently came across a great blog post and discussion over at HR Bartender by Sharlyn Lauby about exit interviews. It raised a lot of good points about why businesses should bother doing them, and about ways to conduct them so that they bring your company the most benefit. hireVision’s own Tina Hamilton has this [...]
Are Your Employee Handbooks Ready for 2011?
Saturday, November 13th, 2010So, you were thinking of just reprinting the same old employee handbook with a new cover for 2011? Maybe you should think again. Are your handbooks up-to-date with all the new government regulations for businesses in general, or to your industry in particular? A lot has happened in the last couple of years on federal, [...]
Why We Love Employee Wellness Programs
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Before you sit down to do your regularly scheduled cost-cutting review of company expenses, please read “Leave Well Enough Alone! – The Case For Continuing With Wellness Programs”, a great article recently published at Daily HR Tips, one of our favorite blogs. The piece has some excellent points: In fact, wellness classes have proven to [...]
Is Mediocrity Promoted in Your Office? Don’t Let It Be!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010If you ignore, misuse, or demean talent within your company—even during this recession—they’ll move on to greener pastures. That’s the overall take home message from BusinessWeek‘s recent article “Five Ways to Ensure Mediocrity in Your Organization.” The magazine details “five of the most insulting leadership practices, the ones that virtually guarantee a business will end [...]
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can come back to haunt you.
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Sure, you know the obvious words to avoid using around the office, such as “&*(%^%$*“, “*(&*^&%$” and “%$$*^#@“. But do you know the more subtle words and phrases that might also be damaging your image at work? Yahoo! Hot Jobs recently posted “The Worst Words to Say at Work” that lists nine common words and [...]
Do Ethical Companies Have a Hiring Edge?
Monday, March 15th, 2010Employees care more about their company’s ethical practices than you might think. According to recent information reported at Human Capital Institute, “82 percent of employees surveyed said they would be willing to be paid less if it meant they were working for a company with ethical business practices.” “It’s more than OK to remind your [...]
