After COVID, EEOC charges jumped 20% last year
EEOC charges exploded in fiscal year 2022, jumping almost 20% compared to FY 2021 and reversing a 10-year trend in which discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims steadily declined.
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Tips for delivering negative feedback
While nobody’s favorite thing to do, sometimes a situation demands alerting a colleague to a shortcoming or problem. If, for instance, failure to complete his part of a project is holding up your end, suggestions on how to pick up the pace could get both of you out of a jam. Here are strategies to d
Mental health worsens for 34% of workers
What’s the culprit? Survey respondents say, among other factors, long hours and excessive workloads.
Avoid unrealistic outcomes when setting goals for your team
On the one hand, you want to continue to improve your operations by setting challenging goals that push your team to meet their true potential. On the other hand, you don’t want to overwhelm your team, pushing them past the breaking point and leading to burnout, dissent and higher turnover rates. St
How new managers can master the skill of team building
Are you a new manager tasked with building a team from the ground up? Or maybe you’re newly promoted and inherited an existing team you must manage? Either way, you must refine your team-building skills to achieve your goals and retain top performers.
Use stay interview findings to your advantage
Stay interviews are an exercise in listening. Ask open-ended questions designed to reveal what truly keeps people coming back to your workplace each day. Dig deep to spot employees’ pain points. Convey without a doubt that you value their service and want to know how you can improve their experience
Stop hiring the wrong people
Gallup contends that excess turnover and low employee engagement account for a $1 trillion loss annually. Lou Adler, author of Hire with Your Head, says it all comes down to one problem: hiring the wrong people.
Before you pitch that idea…
No idea lives or dies according to its own virtues. Here are some factors to consider before pitching an idea to someone in your organization.
Want your top performers to stay? Ask these questions
Stay interviews are one of the best ways for employers to better understand their employees, take proactive measures to keep them satisfied and encourage them to stay put instead of seeking other job opportunities. Here’s a look at some useful stay interview questions to ask, organized by category.
All by myself: Helping employees deal with loneliness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Earlier this month we discussed workplace stress. So let’s finish out the month with a mental-health discussion about loneliness.