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Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision

Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees

You want your employees to work harder. They seem to expect a medal for what they’re already doing. You want … Continue reading Reset Your Employer Employee Relationship Before You Lose Employees

Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate
Business, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership

Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate

Thank you for telling employers to partner with their employees. My employer reads your blog articles on LinkedIn, bought your … Continue reading Partner With Your Employees on Issues that Matter to Make a Workplace One Your Employees Will Celebrate

What You Can Learn from a SWAT  Team Member Who Had a Heart
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Leadership, Management/supervision, Professional growth

What You Can Learn from a SWAT Team Member Who Had a Heart

The SWAT team The SWAT team pulled up to the building on Wabash Avenue. Dressed in black from head to … Continue reading What You Can Learn from a SWAT Team Member Who Had a Heart

Quiet Quitting: The New “Just Say No” Employee Pushback
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Quiet Quitting: The New “Just Say No” Employee Pushback

Gone are the days when most employers could count on employees competing to go “above and beyond” to rise faster … Continue reading Quiet Quitting: The New “Just Say No” Employee Pushback

Straight Talk about Accountability: What It Means for the Workplace & How It’s a Factor In Turning Around What Needs to be Fixed
Accountability, Business, Leadership, Management/supervision

Straight Talk about Accountability: What It Means for the Workplace & How It’s a Factor In Turning Around What Needs to be Fixed

a 70-second video that lays out the impact of accountability Continue reading Straight Talk about Accountability: What It Means for the Workplace & How It’s a Factor In Turning Around What Needs to be Fixed

Your Game-changer: An Accountability Toolbox
Accountability, Business, Dr. Lynne Curry, Leadership, Management/supervision

Your Game-changer: An Accountability Toolbox

Accountability can be a game changer for you and your organization. Now, more than ever, we need accountability at all … Continue reading Your Game-changer: An Accountability Toolbox

A Christmas/New Year’s Surprise: recognize your employees
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision, Team

A Christmas/New Year’s Surprise: recognize your employees

Here’s a Christmas/New Year’s Surprise: Give Recognition & Gratitude: Part 4 of the “What Employees Really Want for Christmas” series) … Continue reading A Christmas/New Year’s Surprise: recognize your employees

What Employees Want for Christmas 2020: Someone Who “Gets It” (part 3 of a series)
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What Employees Want for Christmas 2020: Someone Who “Gets It” (part 3 of a series)

Welcome to the strangest Christmas ever. We have hunkered down, and feel battered by COVID-19, a free-falling economy, and polarized … Continue reading What Employees Want for Christmas 2020: Someone Who “Gets It” (part 3 of a series)

Flexibility: What Employees Want & Need for Christmas 2020 (Part 2)
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Flexibility: What Employees Want & Need for Christmas 2020 (Part 2)

“What I really wanted from my employer for Christmas,” the employee said, “Wasn’t the ham the company expediter delivered. I … Continue reading Flexibility: What Employees Want & Need for Christmas 2020 (Part 2)

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