Employee engagement is top-of-mind for many leaders today, as research has found that organizations with a highly engaged workforce outperform those without by 147 percent (SHRM, 2018). The specific benefits of an engaged workforce include higher … Read More
Reverse Mentoring: A Strategy for Increasing Millennial Engagement?
The idea of “reverse mentoring” is still fairly novel in today’s world of work. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s not all that different from traditional mentoring: an experienced employee is still paired with … Read More
Turnover Woes? You’re Probably Ignoring this Key Metric
We’ve all heard onboarding horror stories. An eager new hire shows up on her first day, to ready to meet the team and get down to work, only to spend the day filling out paperwork … Read More
Worried about Glassdoor Reviews? Here’s a Solution.
Glassdoor: the Yelp of workplaces. Founded just over a decade ago, the website now hosts reviews of over 700,000 companies worldwide and has completely upended the balance of power between employers and employees. Workers now … Read More
This Classic HR Tool gets a Makeover in the #MeToo Era
The world of work has been forever altered by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. Since their inception in October 2017 with the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against now-disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, … Read More
Not Wowed by Your Interns? The Blame May Be with You
Fetching coffee and making copies: are these the tasks that come to mind when you think of internships? If so, you’re not alone. For years, organizations have viewed interns as a source of cheap (or … Read More
What driving off a brick wall taught me about how to show up at work
I admit it. I am a rusher-arounder. I often find myself “kind of” doing several things at once, and none of them very well. I hurry from one obligation to the next: caught up in … Read More