Employee Relations

How to manage remote workers with eroded social skills

12/20/2024

A study of 1,000 remote workers uncovered critical insights into the interpersonal challenges of digital work environments. The statistics paint a stark picture of social skill erosion.

SHRM: Organizational culture is key to retention

12/09/2024

Workers who say their employers foster a good or excellent organizational culture tend to stay put, according to new research by the Society for Human Resource Management.

5 strategies to make on-site return-to-office mandates work

12/09/2024

Today, just 34% of the workforce is in-office for most of the week. Less than half of employers —48%—require staff be on-site for two to three days a week. Only 4% require employees to be on-site four days a week.

Young workers want to be digital nomads

12/02/2024

Currently, 16% of the 1,000 Gen Zers and 11% of millennials surveyed consider themselves digital nomads, which Howdy.com defines as “living abroad and/or traveling for long periods of time while working remotely.”

Employee turnover: What leaders need to know about the real costs

11/06/2024

When leadership expert and trainer Kevin Eikenberry examines employee turnover with leaders, the implications stretch beyond filling empty positions. While many organizations hope economic conditions will eventually solve their retention problems, Eikenberry warns that burying your head in the sand is not a good strategy—especially when considering the true financial impact of turnover.

Prepare to manage election-related workplace tensions

11/01/2024

Political tensions are running just as hot at work as they are on cable TV and the internet. A new survey by ResumeBuilder.com reveals worrisome workplace trends tied to next Tuesday’s election. Many of the 1,000 managers who responded to the survey expect those tensions will continue to intensify even after the votes are counted.

Toxic team turnarounds: Leading the group reconciliation meeting

10/30/2024

After you’ve performed a “team turnaround intervention,” here’s how to lead a large group reconciliation meeting.

From policy to practice: Putting empathy at the core of HR strategy

10/30/2024

Empathy is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of successful organizations, but HR professionals are uniquely positioned to turn this recognition into actionable strategies.

NLRB mandate: Amend stay-or-pay rules by Dec. 6

10/25/2024

Offering especially generous benefits such as paying a signing bonus, reimbursing college tuition, covering relocation expenses or providing costly training can certainly buy employees’ loyalty. But if you try to cement that loyalty with penalties for quitting before an agreed-upon period of time has passed, you may soon find yourself facing a National Labor Relations Board unfair labor practice charge.

Real-world scenarios: Toxic team turnarounds in action

10/23/2024

Much of the literature available around employee accountability, performance management and constructive confrontation focuses on individual relationships between managers and their direct reports. However, so much work is done by teams, and it’s important that we look at a team equivalent to ensure we’re able to address larger groups of people with similar types of accountability, performance or behavioral challenges.