When accounting for the costs (both real costs, such as time taken to select and recruit a replacement, and also opportunity costs, such as lost productivity), the cost of employee turnover to for-profit organizations has been estimated to be up to 150% of the employees’ remuneration package. Can you afford that? The US economy is [...]
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An Improving Economy Could Mean Loss of Employees. Will They Stay or Will They Go? That’s Up To You.
A Pat on the Back Please! Are Your Employees Recognized for Their Performance?
Many companies talk a good game when it comes to employee engagement and recognition, though few have mastered it. Some organizations are close, some still trying, and many are nowhere near success. So you may be thinking, why should I care if my employees are recognized for their performance? Because if they aren’t recognized, then [...]
The Obama Jobs Speech: Real Life Leadership Lessons.
Real life leadership lesson – be transparent, congruent and authentic to both yourself and to those you lead! To be clear – I am wearing my organization development practitioner hat here. This is a bi-partisan analysis of a real life event to highlight what I believe are imperative traits of successful leadership -transparency, congruence, and [...]
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