Hiring good people who have the right skills AND fit your organizational culture is no small task. Once you have them onboard, how do you keep their passion and enthusiasm alive in the first 30, 60, 90 days and beyond?
Our guest, Sean Conrad at Halogen Software, shares with us four valuable practices to engage and retain your new hires. Enjoy!
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Doing a good job of welcoming new employees and setting them up for success is critical to employee retention. Read More…
Photo Credit: Galileo 55 on Flickr Creative Common
This week, we’ll examine two additional leadership lessons gleaned from my sailing trip with my friend Rob.
If you want to change direction, you have to make sure both crew members manning the ropes on the port and starboard are ready before making a swiping change. Read More…
Photo Credit: Galileo 55 on Flickr Creative Common
Our friend Rob invited us to go for a sunset sail with him this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day for sailing—crisp blue sky, high tide, windy but not too gusty. Rob has been sailing for more than 30 years and he’s been in many races. But we are complete novices. Read More…
Last night I attended The Commonwealth Club Inforum’s event that honored Dave Eggers, founder of 826 Valencia, founder and editor of McSweeney’s, and a renowned author. Dave was awarded Inforum’s 21st Century Visionary Award for his humanitarian work in helping children with their writing skills as well as to get access to college education. Read More…
Flying high, by Pi Wen Looi
Happy New Year!
I’ve been working hard in the past few months with my designer to redesign our website. And now it’s here! Anyone who’s undertaken a website redesign knows how much energy and time it takes. So it feels right to celebrate this milestone in Novacrea’s history and make a proper announcement of it to all.
This new website is designed with a more focused message of who we are and of the services we offer–customized employee surveys, employee engagement consulting, and action planning facilitation. It highlights our goal to embrace new tools in social media. It shows our vision of integrating research in positive psychology, talent management, and design thinking to bring you customized solutions that keep up with the rapid changes in the world of work. Read More…
Fun with yoga, photo by Pi Wen Looi
I’ve been practicing yoga on and off for more than 10 years. I always enjoy my class and feel refreshed after the class. Today, as my yoga instructor led us through various poses, I saw the connection between practicing yoga and creating a work environment that engages employees. Here are the insights I gathered:
Model the desired behaviors. In addition to telling us what poses to do, my yoga instructor demonstrated the pose herself. She showed us the correct alignment of arms and shoulder, and used visual cues to help us “get it.” Similarly, leaders in an organization need to model the desired behaviors for employees and articulate clearly what is expected of employees, how their performance will be measured, and what it means to contribute to the success of the company. Read More…
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This is an article I wrote two years ago, it’s still relevant today!
Times are tough these days. But there are a few things you can do to engage your employees and prepare your company for future growth when the economy recovers. A key factor in maintaining or improving your employee engagement is through effective employee communication.
Our employee research shows that employees want to feel valued by their company. Employees want to be involved in their work and want to understand their company’s direction, mission, and vision. In addition, employees want to have the necessary information to do their work, such as operational processes and product information, in a timely manner. For example, customer care employees need to know the launch of a new product before their customers learn about it from promotion materials. Read More…
This is one of the few non-talent management posts that I write occasionally. If you prefer to skip this, I understand. If not, read on…
Since today is 11-11-11, I thought I’d have some fun playing with 11′s. In no particular order, here are 11 people I’d like to meet, 11 places I like to visit, and 11 activities I’d do if I were not consulting.
Image by AlbinoFlea via Flickr
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A recent Technisource survey found that IT Employee Confidence Index has dropped from 56.2 to 47.3 in the third quarter of 2011. Only 13% of IT workers believe the economy is getting stronger. But, 32% of IT employees are still likely to look for a new job while in their current position, and their confidence in their ability to find a new job has not declined.
What does this mean to your company? Are you seeing disengaged IT workers in your organization? Read More…
