Motivating Employees
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Average Salary for Technology Professional Rises 5.3 Percent: Survey
The average salary for technology professionals rose 5.3 percent in 2012—the largest increase in a decade, according to a Dice Holdings Inc. salary survey.
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Catalysts of Creative Destruction
Despite the hype about private equity and job loss, they have little net effect on employment levels.
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Private Equity Turns and Burns … Its Past
While horror stories exist, in some cases private equity takeovers can lead to healthy updates to management methods and practices.
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An Empty Stocking for Garbage Workers
Consumer Reports has released its annual survey on holiday tipping, and, again, garbage collectors rank at the bottom as the least-tipped service-provider.
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Kinder and Gentler: The New Path to Reducing Employee Turnover
Auto dealers are moving toward a more flexible, more enjoyable, less rule-restricted workplace—in hopes of keeping staffs content and motivated enough to stay on the job.
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Report: People Management Propels Profits
A technology firm and a supermarket chain are among companies that validate a recent report that found that proper management techniques push companies from good to great.
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Happy Holiday: More Executives Are Taking Vacation
Completely unplugging from the office is still a challenge, although about 50 percent of CFOs in a recent survey said they didn't check in while checked out.
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More Companies Linking Rewards, Penalties to Wellness Program Results
Fifty-eight percent of employers offering wellness incentives pegged rewards to completion of lifestyle modification programs such as weight loss, smoking cessation and physical fitness.
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Podcast: Creating a New Contingent Culture
The CYA Report podcast is a partnership between Workforce Management and Fistful of Talent. In this special edition, Workforce Management contributors Ed Frauenheim and Kris Dunn discuss the growing need to show contingent workers more love.
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Etching Out a Creative Culture
To connect with its employees and improve engagement, DreamWorks introduced initiatives that range from paying for the personalization of workspaces to sending daily updates from the CEO.
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Joplin, Missouri, One Year Later: Lessons Learned after a Tornado
The journey from ruin to rebirth involves lessons in taking care of employees, operating a store amid chaos and excelling at customer service despite having no nice building to work in.
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Broken Engagement? New Survey Reveals Employees Still Not Feeling the Love
Companies may measure it, but shared accountability for engagement remains an exception, not the norm, according to a July global workforce study of 32,000 workers by New York-based consultancy Towers Watson.
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Radio Flyer Relishes Rolling Out Engaged Workers
Emphasizing engagement has helped the privately owned company post double-digit revenue growth each year from 2004 through 2011.
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New Push for Employee Recognition May Have Broader Implications
Two new surveys point toward executives realizing that the random gift card, or company watch and pin for years of service, do little to motivate behavior.
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How to Build a Performance Management Program
Begin by defining role-based competencies and behaviors for every employee so they know exactly what is expected of them. These competencies should include the five or six qualities that define success for every member of the organization.
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Game Plan: Coaches Drive Performance at Archer Daniels Midland
The company's short-range goal is to use coaching to boost the bottom line through cost savings and more efficient operations. Longer term, it's hoped that coaching will supplant the annual ritual of performance reviews.
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Pet Projects
A growing number of employers let employees bring pets to work, especially dogs, a benefit, experts say, that reduces stress and increases employee loyalty.
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Gen Y Execs Shake Up Office Culture
Young, tech-savvy CEOs are transforming the workplace at New York startups.
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Selling Cars Online Is More than a Typical Sales Job
Moving from the showroom to the Internet desk can be a tough transition for a salesperson. Internet car sales require a different skill set from showroom car sales. But if a salesperson succeeds, the payoff is sizable.
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Mobile Apps for Managers
What are some of the best mobile apps for business leaders? Here are a few to get you started.
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Mobile Apps Help Executives Manage Daily Business
New smartphone apps allow business owners and professionals to work better,
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How Big Is Your Year-End Bonus?
Nothing says more about China's booming auto market than the generous bonus given by the FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co. The joint venture carmaker awarded its employees with a bonus that equals to 27 months of salary. On top of that, employees also received double salary for eight months this year.
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Preventing Employee Burnout: Customized Solutions
Employers are demanding more while employees are engaging less, but there is one way to keep your best workers from checking out completely—recognizing who they are and rewarding them accordingly
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EAPs: First Responders in a ‘Work-More Economy’
Employee assistance providers say they continue to see a continued spike in employee calls for help in coping with added work pressures.
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Companies Pushing Workers Over the Limit
Like Charlie Chaplin's character in the comedy Modern Times about an assembly-line worker who loses it after tightening one bolt too many, HR consultant Art Quinn says that when employees are pushed to their limits, the workplace can be a dehumanizing place.
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Democracy at Work: 5 Questions With Traci Fenton, Founder and CEO of WorldBlu
Many people like to keep politics out of the workplace. But to Traci Fenton, what workplaces badly need is the infusion of a political idea: democracy.
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Effective Talent Assessment Starts (and Ends) With Leadership
A bad hiring decision can cost a company more than 1.5 times the mis-hire's salary, depending on the level of the role. With the right assessment, businesses can avoid this cost.
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Special Report on Talent Management: A Resilient Bunch
Some employers, such as humanitarian organization World Vision, above, provide support and resiliency training to workers whose job is dealing with crisis situations.
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Book Excerpt: Good Company
The authors of the new book say employer goodness requires an inspiring purpose to buoy an organization during tough times.
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Patagonia Fills Payroll With People Who Are Passionate
Perennially recognized as a good workplace for mothers, the California company also has earned a reputation for employee loyalty at a time when other apparel retailers commonly see turnover of more than 100 percent annually.
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Hudson Reorganizes, Names New Officers
The consulting firm also named Tracy Noon as chief people officer and Steve Zales as chief knowledge officer.
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Where Is Pay Rising? Try Accounting, Finance, IT
Employees in these highly credentialed fields will see an average 3.5 percent pay hike next year, according to staffing firm Robert Half. ‘There is a drought of highly skilled people,' says a recruiter.
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The Goods on the 'Good Employer'
In an essay based on their new book, Workforce Management senior editor Ed Frauenheim and his co-authors, Laurie Bassi and Dan McMurrer, say workplaces must be at once caring, exacting, and stirring in the emerging "Worthiness Era."
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The Global Job Satisfaction Crisis
While there are many variables that can foster employee engagement, in general it comes down to three things. People want growth, recognition and to be able to trust their leaders.
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Companies Draw Up Coaching Play for Managers, but Many Can't Coach
The influx of younger workers from the millennial generation is driving interest in coaching because they tend to crave frequent feedback and one-on-one interaction with managers and mentors.
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Follow These Seven Steps to a Drama-Free Office
There are four primary drama roles that emerge most frequently in office settings: the Complainer, the Controller, the Cynic and the Caretaker. A good manager will use different strategies for different personality types, as there is no ‘one size fits all’ antidote for drama.
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Engaged Workers Boost Customer Service for State Pension Plan Members
Award application through an independent source helped analyze the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s operations and workforce to pinpoint areas that need improvement.
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Sustainability No Buzzword in Running a 21st Century Company
The right management approach for this world is a sustainable one that enables organizations to perform well financially, socially and environmentally.
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Companies, Schools Look to Build High Schoolers Business Acumen
More companies also have set their sights on developing high school students’ inner business potential.
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The Last Word: Tapping Social Workers
It takes much more than technology to create employee evangelists. A vibrant culture is what truly inspires workers to crow about their companies.
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Top Performers Look for a Little Love Outside of Pay
Rewarding employees goes beyond pay and benefits, especially in a tight economy where pay raises are still averaging 3 percent.
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Top 15 Ways to Engage Your Workforce
Experts in the field of talent management offer their thoughts and techniques on key ways to engage and retain a workforce.
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Employers Seek More Satisfaction With an Engaged Workforce
As the economy turns around, low employee engagement can mean a loss of top performers, making it crucial for organizations to develop ‘talent intelligence.’
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Companies Focus Their Attention on Flexibility
To limit contingent staffing, some companies are making permanent employees more agile.
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One Year Later Merged Peopleclick Authoria Weathers Changes
With a tumultuous year behind it and Charles S. Jones back in charge, the recruiting and talent management vendor has an acquisition in the works and is focused on new partnerships, customers and raising its profile in the industry.
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Museums a Popular Place to Boost Morale Amid Monets
New training programs at a number of museums nationwide tap their collections and creative environments for the benefit of corporate clients. They are the latest twist in team-building programs, which can encourage creativity, foster respect and uncover potential team-member contributions.
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Employee Referrals Remain a Recruiters Best Friend
Companies continue the push to make current employees their top source of new talent.
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The Last Word: Where's the Customer Service?
Clearly, companies have responded to the recession by cutting costs in ways that damage customer relationships.
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The Last Word All Work and No Play ..
The notion of play in the workplace may sound zany, but it's really just one perspective in the long-standing debate over how to achieve balance in our lives.
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Appealing to Workers' Civic Side
Firms find that participating in service events not only burnishes their image in cities where they do business, but also helps improve employee morale, recruitment and retention.
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The Only Question You Need to Figure Out Who Owns Your Culture
It's easy to talk about engagement, but it's harder to measure. It's even harder to do well and feel like you have your arms around the concept as an HR leader.
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5 Questions With Dov Seidman Inspiration as Worker Incentive
It's the era of inspiration, author Dov Seidman says. Companies must help employees tap into intrinsic motivation rather than rely on carrots and sticks, contends Seidman, founder of consulting firm LRN and author of the book HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything … in Business (and in Life).
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Paid Sick Days, Vacations Proposed for Maids, Nannies
The New York Senate is set to vote on a 'bill of rights' for domestic workers, including advance notice of termination. The state would be the first in the country to spell out such rights.
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World-Lagging Morale in the U.S
Employee engagement appears to be higher in the wake of the financial crisis in many regions of the world—but not in the United States. A new survey of 459 HR executives by consulting firm Towers Watson finds the U.S.
