Tag: improving workplace culture

  • THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT OF WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAMS [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Nowadays, workplace wellness programs are popping up in organizational cultures left and right. It’s a movement that many CEOs are realizing is crucial to driving employee engagement. From providing workout areas to offering health benefits, these strategies are meant to not only ensure employees stay healthy, but also to improve employee sentiment.

  • Implementing Professional Development on a Budget

    Lack of professional development is a major source of workplace dissatisfaction…a mere 25% of employees believe they have enough professional-growth opportunities. And development is linked to employee retention.

  • The Toxic Side Of Collaboration

      by  KRISTINE WIDTFELDT Collaboration isn’t just good. It’s cool. Hip. All the smart companies, with their low walls and open conference spaces, are doing it. It generates ideas, brings people together, enhances engagement … all good things we want in our workplace. However, collaboration isn’t always healthy. In fact, it can be toxic. When…

  • How to Communicate from the Other Person’s Point of View

    ry November 3, 2016 by Jay Sullivan It’s Not All About You To communicate more effectively, and distinguish yourself from those around you, try communicating from the other person’s point of view. We’re all basically wrapped up in our own stuff. That’s not selfish or Machiavellian; it’s just a fact. Our human nature is to be self-absorbed.…

  • Who Really Steals All Our Time?

    Posted on October 24, 2016 by  lori@hrtopics.com I was recently in a shop and saw a t-shirt hanging in a manager’s window that read “Let me stop everything and work on your problem.” I couldn’t help but laugh. Isn’t it the way we all feel when employees appear at our office door? I have to constantly…