LaVerne Evans Srinivasan joins Mohamed Younis to discuss the barriers students and parents face when going back to school and the resources they can seek. Despite differences in the quality of educational opportunities, this is a unique moment where this disruption hit everyone. Pandemic recovery challenges will affect students in employee and client families alike." Source: … [Read more...]
Manage or coach?
Somewhere along the way, we learned that giving employees free snacks, a meditation room and allowing a day to bring one’s pet to work was the new enlightened workplace. The result is that only 20 percent of fulltime employees worldwide are engaged in their work. Source: Gallup, May 27, 2021. Link. Imagine if all businesses worldwide could double real employee engagement … [Read more...]
Managing and bonding with teammates’ strengths
Opinion – Complimentary commercial content Last week we shared thoughts on bonding with associate veterinarians from Brian Conrad, DVM. He indicated he was quick to lead team building. We commented that sales representatives can often provide resources and help lead the activities. CliftonStrengths provides powerful team building opportunities. The possible individual and … [Read more...]
Engaged, but not thriving
For some time now, engaged employee measurements and net promoter scores have been used by senior management to gauge the health of their business. Unfortunately, the increased pressure on engaged employees to carry the bulk of the load has its downside. Source: Gallup, July 26, 2020. Link. Gallup recently discovered that engaged workers who are not thriving in their lives … [Read more...]
4 things Gen Z and millennials expect from their workplace
To develop the next generation of organizational leaders, Ed Boyle says every employer needs to ask, “What do our younger workers want from the workplace?” Above all, Gen Z and millennials want an employer who cares about their wellbeing Gen Z and millennials want their leaders to be ethical Older millennials want open, transparent leaders Gen Z and younger … [Read more...]
Managers need leadership training
Driven by the incredible pace of change in globalized business and the new will of the workforce that prioritizes development and flexibility, today’s business world is agile and dynamic. Source: Gallup, January 21, 2021. Link. This habit of reserving high-potential develop for the top layers of a company is a major blind spot for executive leaders, and it threatens the … [Read more...]
Engage millennials with good work experiences
Advancing from the least-engaged age group to the most-engaged age group, thanks to the pandemic and its baby, remote work; millennials are engaging like never before. Their engagement surge clearly relates to a particular employee experience – one that can be analyzed, categorized – and replicated. Source: Gallup, January 6, 2021. Link. Millennials are the majority and as … [Read more...]
The 2021 employee experience
To create a best-in-class workplace, leaders need to consistently deliver on the fundamental, unchanging elements of a great employee experience. At the same time, leaders must ask smart questions in response to pressing demands and strategically adapt their employee experience to accommodate those challenges. Source: Gallup.com, January 8, 2021. Link. Onboarding new … [Read more...]
Be a coach, not a micromanager
Around the early 1900s as we shifted from an agrarian economy to an industrial engine, micromanagers were needed to help farm hands become industrialists. A couple of decades later, they were obsolete. But, they managed to evolve so that, unfortunately, they are still around today. Do you work for one, are one, lead one or have a culture of micromanagement? This article may … [Read more...]
Employee engagement builds resilient teams
Business units are at an increased advantage and more resilient than their peers if employee engagement is strong. And they are at an increased disadvantage and less resilient if employee engagement is weak during a recession. Source: Gallup, May 20, 2020. Link. Clear expectations - during tough times, employees need managers who reset priorities, involve them in … [Read more...]
Lead employees during a crisis
In times of crisis, there are two directions human nature can take us: fear, helplessness and victimization or, self-actualization and engagement. On the latter, if leaders have a clear way forward, human beings are amazingly resilient. There is a documented “rally effect.” Source: Gallup, March 23, 2020. Link. Research has found four universal needs that followers have of … [Read more...]
Good managers encourage employees to share opinions
In nearly every dimension of business success, the manager makes the difference. From diversity and inclusion to productivity and retention, the manager plays a singular role in the life of an employee. In fact, Gallup's analysis has shown that the quality of a manager accounts for 70% of the variance in team engagement. Source: Gallup, December 30, 2019. Link [ä]. Only a … [Read more...]
Gallup; Top 10 articles of 2019
Consistent measurement and developing solutions are part of Gallup’s value proposition. Beyond metrics, articles about a challenge often include a program to address it. Here are Gallup’s top articles of 2019 that represent areas of improvement for small and corporate businesses. We are not endorsing any of the programs. Source: GALLUP, December 17, 2019. Link. Discover … [Read more...]
Opinion – Pharmaceutical industry ranks poorly in Gallup poll
OUCH! . . . The pharmaceutical industry has hit a new low. It now ranks last of the 25 industry sectors Gallup tests annually. Source: Gallup, September 3, 2019. Link. Americans are more than twice as likely to rate the pharmaceutical industry negatively (58%) as positively (27%), giving pharma a net-positive score (-31). Joining it in the net-positive negative numbers are: … [Read more...]
In #Metoo backlash, men retreat from mentoring women
Wendy Murphy shares that many senior male managers are reportedly responding to the #Metoo movement with a better-safe-than-sorry attitude and are pulling back from mentoring women. This reaction is both biased and shortsighted she says. Repercussions of depriving female employees of the counseling, developmental opportunities, exposure, and visibility that come from … [Read more...]
The biggest health problem of all
The combination of an aging workforce and increased employee healthcare costs has organizations of all sizes developing wellness programs. Getting people moving and eating better are important. However, adequate and quality sleep is even more vital according to Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience at University of California - Berkeley. Source: Industry Week, November … [Read more...]
Views of U.S. moral values slip to 7-year lows
Gallup began surveying U.S. moral values in 2002. The views have slipped to their lowest point in the last seven years. Highlights from respondents include: 81% say state of moral values is "only fair" or "poor" 77% say the state of moral values is getting worse Views have been consistently negative, at least since 2002 Source: Gallup, May 22, 2017. No majority … [Read more...]
Be flexible to keep your best people
Employee turnover is a problem in most industries. However, it is a major problem when star performers leave your organization. You can retain your best people and attract more like them relatively easily if you first understand what these top performers want. Source: Gallup, March 8, 2017. However, brand and reputation also reflect a sense of pride. Employees want to feel … [Read more...]