Great benefit can be gained simply by encouraging employees to deepen relationships with each other through appreciation, gratitude and story sharing. Following on my post yesterday about global employee research from the Boston Consulting Group showing that "appreciation for my work" is the most important job aspect for employees, I wanted to share the findings of our 2014 UK and Ireland Workforce Mood Tracker survey.
For many organizations and companies, the winter months are the busiest. With holiday shopping and budgets resetting, this is a great time to add new employees and hire seasonal help, but there is one common probably many face: winter slow down.
Help employees have their best days at work in 2015 by fostering a culture of appreciation and gratitude. On New Year's Eve my husband and I have a tradition that we've been practicing for years.
Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply referred to as "lean", is a production philosophy that focuses on the idea that the expending of resources on anything aside from something that creates direct value for the customer should be considered wasteful, and therefore should be eliminated.
American businesses lose an estimated $37 billion a year due to meeting mistakes. Steve Jobs made sure that Apple wasn't one of those companies. Here are three ways the iconic CEO made meetings super productive. In his book " Insanely Simple," longtime Jobs collaborator Ken Segall detailed what it was like to work with him.
Every business experiences change and with it can bring much uncertainty for those directly impacted. Every business experiences change and with it can bring much uncertainty for those directly impacted. It is essential that management take the time to support their employees so that organisational restructuring is a positive step forward for all.
