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Leaders are often surprised when I tell them their employees are considering better opportunities elsewhere. Let’s talk about what you can do to improve retention starting today.

In today’s work environment, employees don’t often expect much support from their employer in the growth of their career. Often the greatest development opportunities are new and challenging projects that help the organization grow.

Where does employee engagement fit into the priorities of leadership? And who’s responsible for making it happen? Read on to find out.

We know that workplace culture, more than strategy, contributes to business success. We also know Top Workplaces are intentional about culture.

As obvious as it should be, the best way to engage employees is to listen to them.

So, as company leaders navigate the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis, here are some imperatives and key questions to consider:

Encouraging new ideas at work starts with your organization’s culture, and that starts with leadership.

merican jobs are moving away from “do and repeat” work to “think and solve.” The educate-to-delegate approach emphasizes asking the right questions, learning how to listen through a customer’s emotions, and making the right decisions given the facts and context.

Managers often communicate less in troubled times — when they should be communicating more.

When we ask people why they love their jobs, here are the types of comments we hear:

It’s Monday morning. You can feel it as you walk through the doors of your workplace. It’s as if someone’s dog has died. And it’s been like this for weeks, maybe even months. 

Do your employees truly feel heard? Employees need to know senior leaders understand what the day to day looks like.

When employees feel included in important decisions, they will feel like a true partner at work — and more connected as a result. Read on to find out how...

Employees can’t thrive in the dark places where leaders say one thing yet do another—and where questions are left unanswered. Employees want to work for a company that:

When it comes to feeling appreciated at work, what matters most to employees? If you answered “pay,” think again.

In traditional organizations, managers ensure compliance and track employee performance through assessments and ratings. We know those approaches can kill commitment and drop productivity.

Leaders continually develop strategies to improve their business. If your organization is service-oriented or otherwise dependent on people to deliver value, no doubt your strategy will include ways to engage employees.

You can’t fix problems you don’t know about. And you can’t know about problems unless you collect feedback. That’s why you need to start with an employee engagement survey.

We know culture impacts workplace referrals and retention, but what drives culture? How does an organization go from an inherited or accidental culture to one that’s intentional?

Americans work more hours annually than any of their Western peers. Rather than a 4-day week, world-leading Advisory firm Edgecumbe suggests that Job Crafting may offer an answer to the wellbeing dilemma. Job Crafting describes the process in which workers take proactive steps to redesign and per...