Posts Tagged ‘employee turnover’
Equity Theory – Why Employee Perceptions About Fairness Do Matter
Employee perceptions about fairness matter. Adam’s Equity Theory explains why.
Read MoreHow to Improve Employee Engagement: It’s Still More Than Money and Benefits!
Research shows that ineffective managers damage employee engagement. This research is not surprising! It is difficult for any employee to have a highly positive emotional connection to his organization if he feels he is being treated badly by his boss. Employees are more likely to be engaged when they work for a manager who creates…
Read MoreHow to Promote Employee Engagement
Research shows that employees that do not have a positive emotional connection to their organizations are less productive and less loyal than fully engaged employees. This is a strong incentive for leaders to adopt strategies that promote employee engagement. Fostering an environment that promotes employee engagement is particularly difficult, however, when a leader inherits a…
Read MoreWhere Do You Start When Your Employee Fails?
When we expect certain behaviors of others, we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur. — Robert Rosenthal and Elisha Babad Employees generally rise to our expectations of them. This is known as the self-fulfilling prophecy or Pygmalion Effect. It’s true because we treat people a certain way based…
Read MoreThe Rest of the Story: Honoring a Trailblazing Female Executive
The Back Story In my management development work, there are back stories that come from my real world business experiences that serve as the foundation for how I work with others. The same is true with information that I share on this blog. There’s a popular article on this blog titled Five Ways that Employees…
Read MoreFive Ways Employees Both Get Mad and Get Even
Managers who create anger and resentment will harm their own effectiveness and their own organizations.
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