Employees choose how much extra time and effort they will spend on work after fulfilling their minimum performance expectations. When companies foster engaging environments where workers feel connected to their work and co-workers, employees will put in more effort to produce outstanding work. As such, creating a feeling of community among workers is key to increasing employee engagement and productivity.
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Creating Community at Work
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Dream Jobs: Companies with the best employee engagement scores
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
How do you measure your business’ success? Employee Engagement is one of the most telling measurements. This is because engaged, passionate employees create engaged customers, resulting in increased sales and impacting other key performance indicators. Marketing guru Jay Abraham once said, “You are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence and success. The problem is, you just don’t see them.” Tapping into your engaged employees is one of those simple solutions. They have firsthand experience as to what is or is not working. And, when employees feel their opinions are valued, they are more likely to be engaged.
Five Key Traits of Resilient Organizations
Monday, May 18th, 2009
As our recent post on how to build employee resilience explains, resilience is a key trait of any successful business. Think of resilience as consistent strength and flexibility, even in difficult situations. In general, resilient individuals and organizations can adapt quickly, are confident enough to manage stress, and stay focused on their goals. The most resilient organizations can weather even the harshest economic storms with grace and innovation. How can you spot a resilient organization? Resilient organizations have: (more…)