Yesterday, I shared compensation-centric highlights from this week's #HRBookChat Twitter book chat, which featured Daniel Pink; today's follow-up post focuses on Pink's tips to institute a results-only work environment. A ROWE office initiative, as the name indicates, focuses on results rather than a place...
On Monday night, "Drive" author Daniel Pink participated in the #HRBookChat Twitter chat; his insights on employee compensation and engagement were especially apt. The one-hour chat produced too much excellent information to distill in a single post; look for a follow-up post with Part 2 of the chat....
This Mercer infographic reveals that managers and employees have distinct perspectives on how their organization fosters and incentivizes productivity and engagement. Mercer asked 2,400 U.S. employees about their organization's setup, and rank-and-file employees were far more skeptical of their job than managers and senior managers were...
This Socialcast infographic indicates that the links between happiness and work productivity are much closer than you might think. Highly engaged employees can improve performance by 20 percent and reduce turnover by 87 percent; companies with a workforce full of engaged employees reported a 19.2 percent increase in operating...
These must-reads on team-building in 2012 will help you supercharge your workgroups after the holiday break. You won't find icebreakers or workshop activities here -- just solid strategies to isolate and incentivize desired behavior for maximum efficiency and productivity. * How to break the conspiracy of the "team...
Ineffective leadership costs the average business the equivalent of 7 percent of its annual sales, according to recent figures from the Ken Blanchard Companies. For a startup with $1 million in sales, that's $70,000 lost, all due to poor management. Ineffective leaders make it hard for organizations...
