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Loving your work?
Engagement surveys, pulse checks, culture surveys. All benchmark measures of how engaged, or not, are your employees.
How to have a Courageous Conversation
Let’s face it, few people like or embrace conflict situations. Given the choice, most people avoid facing up to conflict, whether that’s in the workplace, in our personal lives or when somebody has jumped the queue in the supermarket. It takes courage (and skill) to get the issue out into the open and move it to a positive resolution.
Thank You Drives Business
The Power of Praise : 'Thank You' Goes a Long Way!
Don’t hold off until annual performance reviews to praise stellar employees. A simple “thank you” here and there can boost efficiency and even help your business make more money.
Characteristics of a Mentally Health Workplace
I attended a Workplace Wellbeing workshop run by Health Action Trust. I thought I'd share with you the following characteristics of a mentally healty workplace and organisation. They're a useful blueprint for organisational improvement and development. You could use this in a variety of ways:
Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
Carrot or stick? Intrinsic or Extrinsic rewards? Which approach achieves bigger bang for buck (or effort)?
Engage for Success
Recent research out of the UK reveals a renewed focus on employee engagement as the country digs itself out of the mire of the GFC.
Kiwis off to pastures new?
2012 is nearly at and end with 2013 just around the corner. For many people the new year heralds the ‘what next’ question for employees. For many this will mean changed work horizons.
Creating a values based business
The term ‘we are a values based business’ gets thrown around a lot. At a personal level values underpin how we behave and our sense of what is right and wrong, good or bad. Organisational values shape the culture, underpin the brand (reputation) and set a platform for expectations around behaviour, performance and decision making – “how does this align to our values?”.
The Power of Praise
Whether you’re a parent, aunt/uncle, grandparent, godparent, etc., you’ll understand the power of praise on a young one. How it can turn around negative behaviours and instill self-confidence, esteem and a positive work ethic that provide the foundations for success in life.