Productivity / Performance

Keep employees focused during these turbulent times

08/05/2024

Here are some tips on focusing employees on the tasks at hand even as they manage election-year anxiety—or argue about politics.

Kids these days, workplace data edition

07/29/2024

Eleven percent of Gen Z workers have been placed on a performance improvement plan and 30% have been confronted by their bosses over poor performance. So says a survey conducted by Resumetemplates.com.

Troubled workers? They may be espionage targets

07/19/2024

According to the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, a federal agency that’s part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, your stressed-out, burned-out employees may pose a risk that runs deeper than poor productivity and lousy morale. They could become targets of foreign interests who want to turn them into industrial spies.

Global cost of disengaged workers: $8.9 trillion in lost productivity

07/01/2024

Good news: Gallup found that 23% of employees worldwide felt involved and enthusiastic about their work in 2023. That level of engagement matches a record high set in 2022. Bad news: That leaves 62% of workers not engaged—they “show up, do the bare minimum and are uninspired by their work.”

U.S. workers among most engaged—and stressed—in the world

06/26/2024

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2024 Report ranks the U.S. and Canada first in the world in employee engagement. On the flipside, only workers in the Middle East and North Africa reported more daily stress.

Manage summer vacation requests without killing productivity

06/07/2024

With a long, four-day Fourth of July weekend looming in less than a month, you’ve probably already felt the heat of employees clamoring to schedule vacation time. Use these tips to manage vacation schedules and maintain productivity:

Reality check: Are your employees ‘quiet vacationing’?

06/07/2024

Summer vacation season has arrived, and some employees plan to leave their desks behind for travel or a staycation. Others may not be submitting a leave request, instead taking time away from the office without officially requesting PTO. This is the latest workplace trend, dubbed “quiet vacationing.”

The vital importance of diligent documentation

06/05/2024

One critical area that HR professionals must always remind managers about is the importance of diligently documenting employee performance issues. Taking the time and care to document thoroughly can save you and your company major headaches later.

How to manage a culturally diverse team

05/24/2024

It is important for managers to foster an inclusive environment where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute their unique talents.

Ease workplace conflict with 3 simple steps

05/15/2024

In every person, the natural reaction to conflict is based on biology: When confronted with danger, our innate biological response is to either attack or run away—the famous “fight or flight” syndrome. In the workplace, neither fight nor flight behaviors are likely to result in solving the problem. Instead, use these three strategies to help you move from conflict to resolution.