According to a report by Brandon Hall Group, "Organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82 percent and productivity by over 70 percent." Further, employers with a weak onboarding process "lose the confidence of their candidates and are more likely to lose these individuals in the first year." For these reasons, every employer should have a successful onboarding … [Read more...]
Quiet Firing: What Employers Need To Know
You’ve probably heard the term “quiet quitting,” which began on TikTok and then went viral online. In short, quiet quitting refers to employees silently rebelling against their employer by doing the bare minimum at work. This rebellion is being triggered by work-related stressors, such as low pay, burnout, lack of advancement opportunities or poor working conditions. These employees no longer … [Read more...]
What Is Workplace Conflict and How Can You Resolve It?
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, workplace conflict is defined as “any workplace disagreement that disrupts the flow of work." Additionally, SHRM has mentioned that this type of conflict “is inevitable when employees of various backgrounds and different work styles are brought together for a shared business purpose.” On the bright side, workplace conflict can be resolved … [Read more...]
Should You Reimburse Staff for a Home Office?
What challenges have your employees been facing, and how can you offer the solutions they need? Deciding on a home office reimbursement policy can be the difference between successful work-at-home policies and dysfunction, disgruntlement and maybe even lawsuits. When the sudden retreat to homes for work occurred, employees had to make do without the usual office equipment. Workers spent their … [Read more...]
When Employers Become Landlords
A growing number of U.S. employers, both large and small, are starting to build new complexes or purchase apartments that can be used to house their staff members. This is incredibly appealing to many employees, given the state of the economy. Due to the nationwide surge in real estate prices, workers are being pushed to the outskirts of town, which extends the duration of their commutes. With … [Read more...]
Improve Communications in Your Company
Effective internal communication has gotten more important since the pandemic and remote work decentralized teams. Better internal communication engages employees, keeps teams aligned, prevents duplicate work and keeps time from being wasted in searching for information. How can you supercharge communication no matter where everyone is working? Demonstrate empathy. Managers need to show that … [Read more...]
Just-in-Time Learning: What Employers Need To Know
Corporate training delivery has become significantly advanced over the years. One of the most notable transformations is digital learning, which allows employers to administer employee training quickly, conveniently and efficiently through an online platform. The types of training that employers provide have evolved as well. Formal training is an essential type of employee training, but it’s … [Read more...]
How To Be a Manager
As businesses strive for greater efficiency, managers today are managing more functions and more employees than managers did in the past. Meanwhile, in some companies, management training and mentorship programs have fallen by the wayside. This means that new managers are often responsible for learning on the job, but that's no reason not to invest in yourself. The key to thriving as a new manager … [Read more...]
Employee Wellness vs. Employee Well-Being
As a way of encouraging engagement and productivity in the workplace, a lot of employers will offer wellness benefits to their employees. In March 2021, analytics and advisory company Gallup reported that approximately 85% of large employers give their employees the opportunity to enroll in wellness programs. Additionally, the Society for Human Resource Management, or SHRM, published an … [Read more...]
How to Handle a Reappearing No-Call/No-Show Employee
What is the Legal Definition of a No-Call No-Show? A no-call no-show is an employee who fails to show up for work as scheduled without notifying his or her employer. The consequences of the violation depend on the employer's policy. Many employers terminate no-call no-show employees if they haven't heard from them in three business days. When a fired no-call no-show suddenly reappears, the … [Read more...]