For greater success, pay attention to your culture scores

Gallup reports that its global employee engagement measures have fallen during the last two years, after rising for all of the previous 12 years, except in 2020, during COVID-19. In 2024, it fell by two percentage points. Gallup estimates that…

Easy solution for allowing employees to unplug while on vacation

The July 4th holiday traditionally marks the halfway point of summer (summer break from school for the kids) and is a time of family picnics, BBQs, and fireworks celebrating our Independence as a nation. Sadly, The new research from growth…

Gallup discovered that managers who inspire their workers are increasingly urgent.

Gallup released its State of the Global Workforce 2024 report last week and found that employees are at their highest level of engagement, at 23 percent. Unfortunately, 62 percent of the workforce is unengaged, just doing what they need to…

Rebuild HR says landmark study

In a recent landmark Harvard Business Review article, Peter Cappelli and Ranya Nehmeh advocate for HR returning to its roots as the advocates for employees and their career development. The current business focus on relentless cost-cutting and restructuring during a…

Culture drives higher performance than employee engagement

Organizations that want to improve their productivity, innovation, and financial performance won't address all the issues by focusing on employee engagement. Instead, they’ll get much better results if they focus on culture. Even Gallup, which has been tracking employee engagement…

Stay ahead of labor force trends by improving your organizational culture

Last week, there was an explosion of news about the labor force that rocked the stock market. The big surprise was that hiring was significantly higher than expected. There was some good news: hiring was lower than in April by…

Gallup: The office alone has no magic to create a great organizational culture

Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workforce reveals a wealth of information about the workplace and the workforce. For example, did you know that: Employee engagement and job opportunities in the US and Canada stand at 31 percent, down from…

Job satisfaction at all-time high thanks to hybrid working and job switching.

According to The Conference Board, US workers have never been more content, despite the pandemic, quiet quitting, quiet firing, and the forwards and backwards over hybrid working. Overall job satisfaction among US workers increased in 2022 to its highest point…

Improve your financial performance by improving your culture

Many leaders believe that “culture” is soft and difficult to measure. It isn’t. In fact, it’s the ultimate performance driver. And you can manage what you measure. InnovationOne’s research shows that companies  ranking in the top quartile as scored by…

Don’t overreact to “quiet quitting”

After two years of burnout from Covid-19, Gen Z employees have begun to set boundaries, focus on a life outside of work, and have a better work-life balance. They call it “quiet quitting.” Their viewpoint also comes with less enthusiasm…