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Weekend Reading: Workplace Guest Posts 5/28 – 6/1

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Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on workplace culture and office topics to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorites from this week. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Productivity, Work Productivity Tagged With: distraction, distractions, employee retention, office, offices, work productivity, workplace culture

3 Warning Signs a Top Employee is About to Quit

By Marissa Brassfield 05/15/12

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Even managers who focus on culture and motivation are sometimes unable to retain high-performance team members. Here are three warning signs that indicate a top employee is getting ready to quit. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Management Tagged With: disengaged, employee engagement, employee morale, employee recognition, employee retention, engagement, management, management skills, poor management

5 Employee Recognition Strategies

By Marissa Brassfield 04/30/12

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I never get tired of sharing innovative forms of employee recognition; accordingly, today’s must-reads focus on how to recognize and reward hard-working employees. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: employee engagement, employee perks, employee recognition, employee retention, motivation

Would You Reapply Every Few Years for Your Job? Revel Casino Employee Policy Requires It

By Marissa Brassfield 02/2/12

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Would you reapply every few years for your job? That’s what the Revel casino employee policy will require when it opens later this year. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: company culture, employee engagement, employee retention, Revel, Revel casino, work environment, workplace culture

5 Employee Retention Must-Reads

By Marissa Brassfield 01/9/12

Managers who value employee retention can cut down on resignation letters like this one. (CC) Carey Ciuro/Flickr

This year, 21 million Americans will switch jobs, making today’s must-reads on employee retention especially apt. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Management Tagged With: employee engagement, employee retention, morale

Work-Life Balance Infographic Reveals Employee Motivation

By Marissa Brassfield 01/5/12

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This Mercer work-life balance infographic shares additional insights from its annual What’s Working survey — namely, that workloads are heavier, and employees consider flexible work arrangements as essential to their motivation and engagement. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infographics, Startups, Team Productivity Tagged With: employee engagement, employee productivity, employee retention, infographic, infographics, mercer, morale, motivation, office productivity, what's working survey, work life balance, work productivity

5 Management Strategies to Enable Efficiency

By Marissa Brassfield 01/2/12

Happy employees are more productive ones. (CC) Highways Agency/Flickr

You can’t force your team to become more productive, but some management strategies can enable efficiency by boosting employee morale and overall happiness. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Management, Startups, Team Productivity Tagged With: efficiency, employee engagement, employee productivity, employee retention, management, management skills, management strategies, productivity, work efficiency, work productivity

Ineffective Leadership Costs Your Business 7 Percent of Annual Sales

By Marissa Brassfield 12/8/11

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Ineffective leadership costs the average business the equivalent of 7 percent of its annual sales, according to recent figures from the Ken Blanchard Companies. [Read more...]