Employees who switched companies used to earn roughly 10 to 20 percent more than those who stayed with one company. Not anymore. The median pay increase for workers switching jobs sank substantially to 4.8 percent last month from a high…
Category: employee retention
Whether you support Harris or Trump, be civil at work
Today is election day in the United States. Americans regret incivility in our politics and believe that politics is a top driver of incivility at work. More than half (58 percent) of US workers believe our society is uncivil. It…
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The surprising reasons why employees quit
New research based on 15 years of studying the behavior patterns of more than a thousand job switchers at varying job levels and career stages has identified the dominant reasons why employees quit their jobs. The answer isn’t compensation and…
Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees
Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Your corporate culture may be the No. 1 cause of employee turnover
Only 12 percent of HR respondents have a regular cultural assessment strategy for assuring their workplace culture stays on track, according to a 2021 Talent Management State of the Industry survey. This result is extraordinary because having a toxic work culture…
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Beat the Great Resignation with Career Pathing
At the end of last year, I identified top strategies for HR in 2022. In the 2020s, HR strategies are shifting to reinstating powerful, comprehensive talent management strategies to offer employees careers with purpose, excellent pay and benefits, and equity…
Stop fretting over falling employee engagement. Go to the source.
Many organizations trying to fight falling employee engagement numbers are making a mistake. Frankly, now is not the time to deal with such matters. Instead of launching another employee engagement survey, listen to your employees’ frustrations and begin to work…
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