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If you’re committed to helping your managers coach but the actual practice of coaching hasn’t stuck, try these surprising tips.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
73 percent of managers had some form of coaching training, but only 23 percent of people being coached (fewer than one in four!) thought that the coaching had a positive effect on their job. That statistic stinks! Employees want to be coached like a championship team - if you can't provide it - they'll go somewhere else to get it.
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There are many benefits of employee engagement, but there’s one benefit that isn’t as well known - employee engagement is contagious!
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Engagement is contagious. However, when so few of your employees are engaged, it's hard to build a momentum of contagious engagement. When you have more engaged employees, their energy, enthusiasm, passion spreads like wildfire.
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"We’re in a full-fledged candidate’s job market. The frightening news for employers is that we’re nowhere near the peak."
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Just like a hiring process, you should also have a retention process. Praying that employees love their job and your company because they show up for work every day could lead to your best talent exiting over the next few years. You need to be intentional about working on culture, feedback, engagement, mediocrity, non-monetary rewards and recognition to mention a few key areas. When should be the best time to create a retention process or system?
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"Just yesterday, a CEO in one of my workshops on retaining people, “You’re the Person I WANT to KEEP”, asked me what to do about a manager in his company that refused to train and develop his team because he felt he was training people for other companies - does this sound dysfunctional to you?"
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Training and personal development are two of the most effective levers you control to improve employee happiness, engagement, and satisfaction. Studies show that companies who invest in training and development attract, retain, and have above average results. Why are you not investing more in training?
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The fixation on “culture fit” might be steering us wrong on both sides of the hiring table.
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Opposing view of the argument to work on your culture. The author suggests that perhaps all the work on "culture" is over-rated and harmful. Do you hold this same view? Do you think the obsession with creating a better culture has negative effects?
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Employee engagement can and should simply be measured by asking employees one question.
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Should measuring employee engagement boil down to just one question. Not sure I agree with this article on INC - seems too simplistic of a recommendation/solution to a very complex and difficult issue. What are your thoughts? Would you use just one question?
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From
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Learn all about Gusto's latest and greatest HR feature — Employee Happiness Surveys.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Is anyone conducting employee satisfaction or happiness research, surveys, studies in their organization? What tools are using and how effective are these in improving employee happiness? Check out this tool I stumbled across called Gusto - would love to hear your feedback on what looks like a SaaS approach to employee surveys
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It's easy to blame employees for lack of engagement, but without a clear, simple, and engaging mission statement and strategy--they won't.
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I wanted to slap myself in the forehead after reading this article. Of course, the mission statement is critical to success. It's one of core elements of culture, focusing employees, and gaining alignment around employee motivation and the purpose of your organization.
How strong is your mission statement? Is it a difference maker in hiring and retention?
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Are you up to date on the new performance management approach?
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Out with the outdated sadistic approach to annual performance reviews. This article talks about how progressive companies are rethinking their approach to performance management and ensuring flawless execution among their employees.
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We all hear how employee engagement brings long lasting results, but what exactly are these results and how do you effectively reach them?
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"It is an important part of the employer/employee relationship. Effective onboarding programs promote a number of benefits, including greater employee satisfaction, better job performance, greater commitment to the company, ... Another article on the importance of onboarding which many companies - especially in the small business and entrepreneurial sector IGNORE - Barry Barry Deutsch Partner IMPACT Hiring Solutions http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/Blog Have you read our FREE book - You're NOT the Person I Hire? This best-selling book is available as a FREE digital download on our website.
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Managers cite performance evaluations as one of their most disliked tasks, and employees aren't usually fond of them either. But what if you could turn evaluations into a tool that would unleash the power of performance in ...
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Saying thank you is one of the easiest and best forms of employee recognition in the workplace. Here are forty ways to say thank you at work.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
I recently posted an article on LinkedIn in my Retention Hot Tip Series about giving praise. This article complements my blog post with other tactics of saying thank you. My perspective is that most employees feel underappreciated, don't understand how they matter, and don't feel expending extra effort is worth since their manager doesn't seem to care.
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A recent article from The Times shined a spotlight on the seemingly perennial problem of low productivity facing UK Plc, and how proper management training can help
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I loved this article headline. Do you have managers in your organization who were great "doers" - thus you promoted them to oversee other "doers"? The problem is that they are "accidental managers" and are draining your productivity, not to mention a number of other terrible ills they inflict upon your organization. What are you doing about fixing the problem of accidental managers - folks you are supervising the bulk of your employees and have no right to be in a managerial role?
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Getting new hires off on the right foot can make all the difference.
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Sometimes we forget about the importance of the on-boarding process as an effective retention tool. How do we wrap our arms around our new hire, making them feel coming aboard was one of the decisions of their life. Why do we sometimes cast them aside making them feel isolated and lonely?
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We've rounded up tips and tactics for building employee retention and fostering a happy workplace that makes people want to stick with you.
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Great article on Mashable about keeping employees happy. How many studies have you read over the last 4-5 years that talks about the importance of feedback - yet nothing has really changed.
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"A strong culture that aligns with a specific vision and strategy is a winning combination."
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Think about the most successful organizations - for-profit, non-profit, educational, start-ups, large companies - my experience in 30 years - like the author of this article - is that the most successful organizations focus around culture. Are you spending time defining it, managing it, and communicating about it?
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Employee engagement and job satisfaction are not as similar as you think. Learn the difference to effectively recruit and retain developers
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Interesting article separating the idea of employee happiness and employee engagement. Which one yields the greatest additional discretionary effort? Although the article is focused around hiring developers - it could apply to any position.
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Insights from Google's new study could forever change how teams are assembled.
Barry Deutsch's insight:
Interesting practical research by Google on team research that extends into why people enjoy working in a company or with a particular team. This article focuses on teams - but could actually be an article about retention. Notice the points about work being meaningful to each person, and that it matters to others. This goes all the way back to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and basic motivation.
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Hi, I'm Sheila Kamuda with coaching advice for the office and beyond. playniceadvice.blogspot.com Hope you enjoy, leave comments, subscribe, like, share.
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Shelia Kamuda has a nice blog and great little video series about employee engagement, satisfaction, culture, and workplace behaviors. I recommend reading and watching the content she shares.
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To most of us, the phrase Work that Matters infers job satisfaction. Our intended outcome is a workplace culture characterized by lower stress, lower turnover, an
Barry Deutsch's insight:
A large part of employee engagement and satisfaction is work that matters - employees derive a high value from what they do. Do you look closely at these issues for all jobs - particularly those on the front line?
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Building a great team is a challenging job. You should take pride in your
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Very few companies do a great job recognizing and rewarding individual and team performance. I liked this article because it reinforces some very simple ideas about recognition.
If you're recognizing outstanding performance, why would your employees continue to go above and beyond the call of duty for you?
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I've been exploring how gamification might work in areas like referrals, but had not yet considered it around employee engagement and recognition. Interesting comparison to LinkedIn's gamification strategy of trying to get you to complete your profile.
I'm curious if anyone has started to use gamification on the retention side vs. hiring side?
Barry Deutsch's insight:
I've been exploring how gamification might work in areas like referrals, but had not yet considered it around employee engagement and recognition.
I'm curious if anyone has started to use gamification on the retention side vs. hiring side?
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Build better relationships with employeesSacramento Business JournalAs an executive coach and people strategist, I have witnessed the performance, health and cost benefits that occur when employees are satisfied and well-regarded in their jobs. Barry Deutsch Partner IMPACT Hiring Solutions http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/Blog Have you read our FREE book - You're NOT the Person I Hire? This best-selling book is available as a FREE digital download on our website.
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My take on this article was that the CEO and other executives drive the culture of their company through their actions - not so much in the things they publish or announcements they make.
My favorite line is along the dimensions of you get what you tolerate.