If your employees are less than engaged at work, you might just be making these common mistakes. One of the biggest lessons you probably learned in 2020 was that employee engagement matters. According to the American Productivity Audit, employees who aren’t present at work cost companies more than $225 billion a year. When the global health crisis hit and forced workers to go remote,…
Most seasoned leaders know that the key to a strong workforce and high morale is fostering and encouraging high levels of employee engagement, but the million dollar question is: how? As a corporate trainer for more than a decade, counseling leaders and teams, I’ve found that the key to employee engagement is having leaders and organizations who consciously work to consistently and…
What is the employee experience? Due to a tightening labor market and a competitive global economy, highly talented individuals have a lot of freedom in where they choose to work. Pay isn't the sole criteria that attracts and retains the best people. Employees want jobs that fit their lifestyle, give them opportunities to grow, and connect them to greater meaning and purpose. At…
There are many different theories of happiness, but they generally fall into one of two categories based on how they conceptualize happiness (or well-being): Hedonic happiness/well-being is happiness conceptualized as experiencing more pleasure and less pain; it is composed of an affective component (high positive affect and low negative affect) and a cognitive component (satisfaction with one’s…
Few of us are immune to the charms of charisma. Research even suggests that our biology may cause us to prefer individuals who project a confident social presence, strong vision, and high-risk tolerance. Therefore, it is unsurprising that charismatic candidates often seem like irresistible additions to the office. While other candidates might begin to blur together amid a monotonous talent…