When business is thriving and work gets busy, it’s easy to pay less attention to employees and take them for granted. Then, out of the blue you get word that one of your top performing employees is leaving the company. Read More
Category Archives: workplace
Improve Employee Engagement With These Smooth Strategies
If employees aren’t engaged in their jobs, your business is likely to suffer in several ways. Employee engagement refers to the level of encouragement, motivation and commitment employees have in their jobs day to day. Improving employee engagement is directly Read More
5 Signs of a Bad Company Culture You Can Spot in Interviews
When you are in the market for a job and have been looking for a while, any chance for employment can start to seem attractive. You may be paying attention only to the duties involved in the position and ignoring Read More
Family Friendly Workplace Policies: Everybody Wins
More and more employers are implementing family friendly policies in the workplace to attract and retain top talent. With options that accommodate families and parents becoming the norm among employers, it is now a big deciding factor for job Read More
Closing the Gender Pay Gap
Efforts to tackle the gender pay gap have been in place for years and although there have been some improvements we are still light-years behind the ultimate goal: eradicating gender inequality.
Forecasts from Deloitte and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Read More
Successfully Reinforce Ethical Behavior in the Workplace
In order to have a successful business where employees are productive and happy, your company must follow a code of ethics, and see to it that ethical conduct in the workplace is encouraged among everyone. When you see unethical Read More
Top 3 Easily Preventable Reasons Employees Quit Their Jobs
There is no guarantee that any employee you hire will remain at your company for a given period of time. Sometimes the reasons employees quit their job have nothing to do with the job or the employer at all; it Read More
6 Essential Principles for Team Building in the Workplace
In every organization, employees work as a team to accomplish an overall objective. But the purpose the team is supposed to serve, and the specific function each member is supposed to fill, can easily get lost along the way. Too Read More
Managing Stress in Customer Service
Customer service jobs can be extremely stressful, especially during the holidays, since customers’ anxieties tend to be heightened at this time of year, making them more difficult to deal with. A company’s success is highly dependent on the performance Read More
Top Tips for Managers Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace
Many employees today crave leadership roles. But while these roles have many advantages, such as the power and autonomy they give you, there are also many challenges presented to those in leadership roles. One is dealing with and resolving conflict Read More